Pakistan Rangers keep shelling India, Rajnath asks BSF to retaliate

Jammu: The Pakistan Rangers continued to use long range weapons to target the Border Security Force (BSF) posts and villages in R.S. Pura and Arnia areas near the international border in Jammu district on Sunday, police said. “Pakistan rangers used long range weapons to target almost all the BSF border outposts in RS Pura and Arnia in addition to villages close to the border in these areas,” a senior police officer told IANS. [caption id=“attachment_1678835” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  A BSF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir. AFP.[/caption] “Pakistan firing started at 10 p.m. last night and continued intermittently during the night. They fired at 12 BSF outposts in R.S.Pura and 10 in Arnia sectors,” he added. “Since Pakistan rangers are using long range weapons, 28 villages in these areas are directly in the line of Pakistan fire.” “BSF troops are effectively retaliating and intermittent firing is still on,” he said. Meanwhile, PTI reports, home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday took stock of the situation along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir and asked BSF to effectively retaliate to firing from Pakistan. “The Home Minister directed the BSF DG to effectively counter the firing from across the border,” official sources said. Jammu Divisional Commissioner Shantmanu said the administration is prepared to accommodate at safer places possible migrants from border villages in these areas. “We are ready to meet any eventuality. Our contingency plans are in place to provide all possible relief to people who might move out of their villages if tensions escalate,” the official said. Although the state government says only 1,000 villagers have so far moved out to safer accommodations, eye-witnesses in these areas say over 3,000 villagers have taken shelter at safe places out of villages in RS Pura and Arnia areas in Jammu. With inputs from IANS and PTI