<p>Bulletproof vehicles were pressed into service overnight to evacuate over 400 people rattled by the sound of Pakistani mortar bombing and firing on hamlets along the border.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistani Rangers on October-20 and 21. <br /><br />Police armed with bulletproof vehicles criss-crossed the shell-hit hamlets, particularly Bobiya, on Friday night carrying loads of scared villagers. They were ferried to the camps setup by the district administration at government higher secondary school in Hiranagar and another school at Chhan Khatrian. “Due to heavy firing and shelling for two days and the fear psychosis among the border residents, we pressed into service bulletproof vehicles to evacuate them,” said Kathua Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kumar.<br /><br />Over 400 people from hamlets along the International Border were evacuated and shifted to safer areas in camps set up by the government, Kumar said.<br /><br />‘Firing has escalated’<br /><br />“We have asked the authorities to ensure safety of the people as firing and shelling exchanges have increased. We don’t want civilians to suffer”, IG BSF (Jammu Frontier) D K Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Kumar and SSP Pawan Parihar reached the village and joined the evacuation operation of 232 people. They were accommodated in the Government Higher Secondary school, Hiranagar.<br /></p>
<p>Bulletproof vehicles were pressed into service overnight to evacuate over 400 people rattled by the sound of Pakistani mortar bombing and firing on hamlets along the border.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistani Rangers on October-20 and 21. <br /><br />Police armed with bulletproof vehicles criss-crossed the shell-hit hamlets, particularly Bobiya, on Friday night carrying loads of scared villagers. They were ferried to the camps setup by the district administration at government higher secondary school in Hiranagar and another school at Chhan Khatrian. “Due to heavy firing and shelling for two days and the fear psychosis among the border residents, we pressed into service bulletproof vehicles to evacuate them,” said Kathua Deputy Commissioner Ramesh Kumar.<br /><br />Over 400 people from hamlets along the International Border were evacuated and shifted to safer areas in camps set up by the government, Kumar said.<br /><br />‘Firing has escalated’<br /><br />“We have asked the authorities to ensure safety of the people as firing and shelling exchanges have increased. We don’t want civilians to suffer”, IG BSF (Jammu Frontier) D K Upadhyaya said.<br /><br />Kumar and SSP Pawan Parihar reached the village and joined the evacuation operation of 232 people. They were accommodated in the Government Higher Secondary school, Hiranagar.<br /></p>