Pakistani army resorted to heavy mortar shelling on 55 forward areas in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts on Tuesday, leaving five Indian army soldiers injured and two houses damaged.
The shelling came hours after IAF jets struck a JeM terror camp across the LoC.
The Pakistani army used heavy weaponry, firing 120-mm mortar targeting civilian hamlets and forward posts since 5.30 pm on Tuesday, reported Times of India.
They fired from small, automatic and heavy weaponry in Krishna Gati, Balakote, Khari Karmara, Mankote, Tarkundi areas in Poonch district; Kalal, Baba Khori, Kalsian, Laam and Jhangar areas in Rajouri; and Pallanwala and Laleali sub sectors in Jammu, said Indian officials.
In Akhnoor sector, five soldiers were injured and have been hospitalized, and in Mankote sector of Poonch, two houses were damaged.
According to officials, more than a dozen cease-fire violations took place on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day of Pakistan shelling and firing on Indian posts.
Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan violated ceasefire in Nowshera sector along the Line of Control (LoC), an Indian officer said, adding that locals in the border areas have been asked not to venture out.
Panic gripped the border areas and some locals have left their homes and moved to safer areas.
Authorities have ordered a temporary closure of educational institutions in a 5-km radius along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts on Wednesday.
According to Indian officials, since last Wednesday, Pakistan has violated ceasefire every day, barring Friday.
The year 2018 had witnessed the highest number of ceasefire violations numbering 2,936 by Pakistani troops in the last 15 years along the Indo-Pak border, reports Times of India.
Amid mounting tensions between the two countries, following the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 and an Indian air strike on Jaish-e-Mohammed camp inside Pakistan on Tuesday, people along the LoC and the international border are seriously concerned about their safety.
