Five civilians and 3 BSF jawans were injured in shelling

Five civilians and 3 BSF jawans were injured in shelling and firing," District Magistrate, Jammu, Ajeet Kumar Sahu said on Thursday.

Three of the civilians were injured in Kanachak belt.

However, the guns were silent along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district.

Over 30,000 people have been evacuated from border hamlets along IB in Jammu, Kathua and Samba to safer places in view of the shelling, the DM said, adding that relief camps have been set up for them.

"Over 20,000 people have migrated from border hamlets in Jammu," Sahu said. In Kathua and Samba, over 7,000 and 3,000 border people have migrated, officials said.