{"id":4548,"date":"2023-10-27T09:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2023-10-27T09:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T09:30:31","slug":"cross-border-firing-stops-along-ib-in-jammu-living-on-the-border-start-returning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cross-border-firing-stops-along-ib-in-jammu-living-on-the-border-start-returning-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross-border firing stops along IB in Jammu, living on the border start returning home"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMMU: According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sporadic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rangers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soldiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>International\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>Border<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>RS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pura\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>sectors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>halt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>early\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unjustified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rangers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>families\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>fled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hamlets\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>finally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>return\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>targeted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>checkpoints\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>International\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(IB)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injured\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>civilian\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jawan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Border\u00a0<\/span>Security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Force\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BSF).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>effect,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>responded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shooting.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>longer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>any\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(across\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border).”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>things\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quiet,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sporadic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>between\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>three\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>morning.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>source,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>woman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>hurt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>treated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jawan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relocated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GMC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hospital.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sher\u00a0<\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka-born\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Basavraj\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SR.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rajni\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>woman.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>terrified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rangers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heavy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>machine\u00a0<\/span>guns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>launched\u00a0<\/span><\/span>82\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>120\u00a0<\/span>mm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mortar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rounds.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unprovoked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shooting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u2014particularly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>migrant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>laborers\u2014had\u00a0<\/span><\/span>departed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hamlets\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Treva,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suchetgarh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jabowal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span>region,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>families\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>sought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sanctuary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temples,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>secure\u00a0<\/span>locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border\u00a0<\/span>communities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>seeing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heavy\u00a0<\/span>bombardment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>period\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eating.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abandoned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>food\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>families,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bihar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>labourer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Joginder\u00a0<\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fleeing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>frontline\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bombardment,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>51\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>children,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sought\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refuge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>shrine\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>fear.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aware\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We’ve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>forward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hamlet,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ekta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Devi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exclaimed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>saved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>God’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>favour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>mortar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>round\u00a0<\/span><\/span>struck\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>house.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>until\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>morning,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lot\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span><\/span>place.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Every\u00a0<\/span><\/span>glass\u00a0<\/span><\/span>window\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cracked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Rakesh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>different\u00a0<\/span><\/span>villager,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>villagers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>back\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seeking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refuge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>bunker\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>front\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>heavy\u00a0<\/span>shelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tranquilly.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>You\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can’t\u00a0<\/span>trust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Social\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>users\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numerous\u00a0<\/span>videos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leaving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>homes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>became\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viral.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>When\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>wedding\u00a0<\/span>ceremony\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Our\u00a0<\/span>marriage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>maintained.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>began,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>majority\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attendees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>left,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kuldeep,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bridegroom’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>second\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceasefire.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>19,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rangers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>opened\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vikram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>post\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>IB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sector,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injuring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jawans.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>25,\u00a0<\/span>2021,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>cease-fire\u00a0<\/span>agreement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>countries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pledged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rigorously\u00a0<\/span><\/span>abide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cease-fire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agreements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Line\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Control\u00a0<\/span>(LoC)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>areas.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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JAMMU: According\u00a0to\u00a0officials,\u00a0the\u00a0sporadic\u00a0gunfire\u00a0between\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0Rangers\u00a0and\u00a0BSF\u00a0soldiers\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0International\u00a0Border\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0district’s\u00a0Arnia\u00a0and\u00a0RS\u00a0Pura\u00a0sectors\u00a0came\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0halt\u00a0early\u00a0on\u00a0Friday. Following\u00a0the\u00a0unjustified\u00a0firing\u00a0by\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0Rangers,\u00a0several\u00a0families\u00a0that\u00a0had\u00a0fled\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0hamlets\u00a0over\u00a0night\u00a0have\u00a0finally\u00a0begun\u00a0to\u00a0return\u00a0home. The\u00a0cross-border\u00a0gunfire\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0night\u00a0that\u00a0targeted\u00a0five\u00a0Indian\u00a0checkpoints\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0International\u00a0Border\u00a0(IB)\u00a0injured\u00a0a\u00a0civilian\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0jawan\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Border\u00a0Security\u00a0Force\u00a0(BSF). In\u00a0effect,\u00a0the\u00a0BSF\u00a0had\u00a0responded\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0shooting. “There\u00a0is\u00a0no\u00a0longer\u00a0any\u00a0firing\u00a0(across\u00a0the\u00a0border).” Now\u00a0that\u00a0things\u00a0are\u00a0quiet,\u00a0a\u00a0senior\u00a0BSF\u00a0officer\u00a0said.According\u00a0to\u00a0him,\u00a0there\u00a0was\u00a0sporadic\u00a0gunfire\u00a0between\u00a0the\u00a0two\u00a0sides\u00a0until\u00a0three\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0morning. According\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0source,\u00a0a\u00a0woman\u00a0and\u00a0two\u00a0BSF\u00a0members\u00a0were\u00a0hurt\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0night\u00a0and\u00a0are\u00a0now\u00a0being\u00a0treated\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0hospital. A\u00a0jawan\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0relocated\u00a0to\u00a0Jammu’s\u00a0GMC\u00a0Hospital. They\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0identified\u00a0as\u00a0Sher\u00a0Singh\u00a0and\u00a0Karnataka-born\u00a0Basavraj\u00a0SR. Rajni\u00a0Bala\u00a0of\u00a0Arnia\u00a0has\u00a0been\u00a0identified\u00a0as\u00a0the\u00a0woman. 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We\u00a0abandoned\u00a0the\u00a0food\u00a0and\u00a0fled\u00a0with\u00a0our\u00a0families,”\u00a0Bihar\u00a0labourer\u00a0Joginder\u00a0Kumar\u00a0remarked. After\u00a0fleeing\u00a0a\u00a0frontline\u00a0village\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0bombardment,\u00a0Kumar\u00a0and\u00a051\u00a0other\u00a0people,\u00a0including\u00a0women\u00a0and\u00a0children,\u00a0sought\u00a0refuge\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0shrine\u00a0in\u00a0Arnia.\u00a0Kumar\u00a0expressed\u00a0their\u00a0fear. “We\u00a0were\u00a0aware\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0firing. We’ve\u00a0seen\u00a0it\u00a0now,”\u00a0he\u00a0remarked. In\u00a0a\u00a0forward\u00a0hamlet,\u00a0Ekta\u00a0Devi\u00a0exclaimed,\u00a0“We\u00a0were\u00a0saved\u00a0by\u00a0God’s\u00a0favour\u00a0when\u00a0a\u00a0mortar\u00a0round\u00a0struck\u00a0a\u00a0house.Up\u00a0until\u00a0this\u00a0morning,\u00a0a\u00a0lot\u00a0of\u00a0firing\u00a0took\u00a0place. Every\u00a0glass\u00a0window\u00a0cracked. 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