Heaviest Cross-Border Firing Since 1971 War, Says Border Security Force Chief to NDTV

Tuesday, August 26, 2014
By Paul Martin

Sreenivasan Jain, Niha Masih
NDTV.com
August 26, 2014

RS Pura sector, near Jammu border: The continuous firing from Pakistan from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir over the last fortnight is “the heaviest cross-border firing I’ve seen since the 1971 war,” said DK Pathak, the chief of the Border Security Force to NDTV. “It is unprecedented to target civilian areas to this extent,” he stressed.

As tension along the Line of Control or de-facto border has spiraled, two civilians have been killed, at least 15 injured, and nearly 3000 people forced to move from their villages along the border in RS Pura sector to bunkers. (For a Good Night’s Rest, They Huddle In Bunkers: Life At the LoC) Three army men, two policemen, and two members of the Border Security force have been killed. (Four Militants, Two Soldiers Killed in Encounter Near Line of Control)

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