Indian Border Security Forces strongly retaliated to the Pakistani firing, according to TV reports.
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He went on to assert that Pakistani troops had also “targeted one village in Samba” on Saturday.
“Three more civilians got injured in the firing”, he said adding other labourers working close to the fence have been evacuated by the BSF.
“Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing at BSF (Border Security Force) positions on the global order near Manguchak border outpost this evening”.
India on Friday accused Pakistan of a cease-fire violation in Kashmir in which one Indian civilian was killed and another was wounded.
A mini-bus was also damaged in alleged Pakistan shelling, “but luckily nobody was inside when the vehicle was hit”.
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Nirmal Singh, on Friday said that Pakistan Rangers opened fire at the BSF posts when the fencing was being repaired.
The Rangers fired on nine posts along the global border in areas between river Basantar and river Treva in Samba sector, he said. Two civilians have also been injured in the attacks.
Two civilians – Kalasho Devi, 40, and Pritam Chand 45, both residents of Mawa village in Samba district were injured due to Pakistan shelling, the officer added.
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Pakistani Rangers on Saturday resumed unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
