<p>Pakistani troops shelled mortars and opened heavy fire on 10 Border Out Posts along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving two security personnel injured.<br /><br /></p>.<p>BSF officers said today that Pakistani Rangers fired from automatic weapons at BoP forward areas along the IB in R S Pura, Ramgarh, Kanachak, Arnia and Checkineck forward areas of Jammu and Samba districts throughout the night.<br /><br />A BSF jawan and a Special Police Officer (SPO) were injured in Kandi-Arnia and Kanachak belts, they said.<br /><br />The Pak Rangers also shelled civilian hamlets along the Indo-Pak border, triggering panic.<br /><br />BSF troops guarding the borderline with Pakistan took positions and retaliated, resulting in exchanges which continued till this morning, they said.<br /><br />"They are firing round-the-clock on our posts and patrolling persons to inflict casualties," an injured BSF jawan said at GMC hospital.<br /><br />The mortar shelling could be heard throughout the night in the outskirts of Jammu city.<br /><br />There was firing and shelling on eight posts in R S Pura forward area along IB in Jammu district last night (October 20), they said.<br /><br />There has continuous and daily firing along 190-km-long IB in Jammu, Samba and Kathua sectors, besides LOC areas in Poonch since August 14.<br /><br />There were nearly 140 ceasefire violations reported this year, highest in the last eight years.<br /><br />In the backdrop of the increased ceasefire violations, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will visit forward areas along the IB to review the security situation tomorrow.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the Centre will have to look at other options if Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire.<br /><br />The firing by Pakistani troops on civilian areas has also caused villagers from border hamlets to flee.</p>
<p>Pakistani troops shelled mortars and opened heavy fire on 10 Border Out Posts along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving two security personnel injured.<br /><br /></p>.<p>BSF officers said today that Pakistani Rangers fired from automatic weapons at BoP forward areas along the IB in R S Pura, Ramgarh, Kanachak, Arnia and Checkineck forward areas of Jammu and Samba districts throughout the night.<br /><br />A BSF jawan and a Special Police Officer (SPO) were injured in Kandi-Arnia and Kanachak belts, they said.<br /><br />The Pak Rangers also shelled civilian hamlets along the Indo-Pak border, triggering panic.<br /><br />BSF troops guarding the borderline with Pakistan took positions and retaliated, resulting in exchanges which continued till this morning, they said.<br /><br />"They are firing round-the-clock on our posts and patrolling persons to inflict casualties," an injured BSF jawan said at GMC hospital.<br /><br />The mortar shelling could be heard throughout the night in the outskirts of Jammu city.<br /><br />There was firing and shelling on eight posts in R S Pura forward area along IB in Jammu district last night (October 20), they said.<br /><br />There has continuous and daily firing along 190-km-long IB in Jammu, Samba and Kathua sectors, besides LOC areas in Poonch since August 14.<br /><br />There were nearly 140 ceasefire violations reported this year, highest in the last eight years.<br /><br />In the backdrop of the increased ceasefire violations, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will visit forward areas along the IB to review the security situation tomorrow.<br /><br />Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the Centre will have to look at other options if Pakistan continues to violate ceasefire.<br /><br />The firing by Pakistani troops on civilian areas has also caused villagers from border hamlets to flee.</p>