Pakistan Rangers again violated the ceasefire

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Pakistanis fired 82 mm mortar bombs

Pakistan kills 7 civilians as it again violates ceasefire in J&K

NEW DELHI: At least seven civilians were killed and eight injured on Tuesday afteralong the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Samba, Jammu and Rajouri districts in Jammu and Kashmir.Meanwhile, anbetween security forces and terrorists in Bandipora's Ajar village. Pakistani Rangers started firing with small arms followed by mortars at one place and further spread to four or five places in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Samba and Jammu district from 0630 hours," DIG BSF (G) Dharmendra Pareek said.Theintermittently, Pareek said, adding that the BSF gave them a befitting reply.A young woman, who was 21 or 22 years, and another civilian were killed during shelling in a hamlet in the Ramgarh sector of Samba district, SSP Joginder Singh said. At least two women were killed in Paniyari village, while two boys were killed and eight people were injured in the Ramgarh sector of the state. A 19-year-old girl was killed and two civilians were injured in Nowshera, Arnia and Ramgarh sectors of Jammu and Kashmir.At 07:10 am, three mortar shells landed in a border village of Pindi in the Arnia sector of Jammu district, injuring four persons identified as Bodraj (44), Niky, Dharana Devi and Chanchla Devi (49), he said.Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire unprovoked along the LoC in the Naushera sector of Rajouri district from 5:30 am using small arms, automatics, and 82 and 120 mm mortars, PRO Defence Lt Col Manish Mehta said.There have been more that 60 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the LoC and IB in the state since surgical strikes by the Indian Army on September 29 against terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir