Woman killed in Pak shelling

For a third day running, Pakistan pounded civilian areas with heavy mortar bombs along the International Border (IB), leaving one woman dead and injuring five others in the Arnia sub-sector of Jammu division.

Fearing escalation, the Mehbooba Mufti-led Jammu and Kashmir government has converted schools and banquet halls into shelter camps for civilian population within the five-kilometre stretch of the IB.

Pakistani forces are using heavy caliber long range weapons to inflict damage. "When night falls, Pakistan resumes shelling and during the day, there is nothing," said Surinder Chaudhary, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Ranbir Singh Pora.