20 injured, many flee homes as Pak bombs dozens of Indian villages in Jammu
All educational institutions in the affected areas remained closed Current Affairs News : Twenty civilians were injured as Pakistani troops shelled Indian villages with mortar bombs by targeting hamlets and border outposts (BoPs) in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu region for the eighth day today, prompting a strong and effective retaliation by the BSF. Hundreds of panic-stricken villagers fled their houses and took shelter either at the houses of relatives or relief camps set up by the government at safer places. All educational institutions in the affected areas remained closed. "The Pakistan Rangers indulged in heavy and indiscriminate shelling of mortar bombs and firing of small arms and automatic weapons tonight, targeting villages in the Ramgarh and Samba sectors," a police officer told PTI. Fifteen persons -- 13 in the Ramgarh sector, two in the Samba sector -- were injured in the firing