BSF resorts to firing at border villages

Published May 17, 2015
The Chenab Rangers retaliated the fire.  — Online/file
The Chenab Rangers retaliated the fire. — Online/file

SIALKOT: The Indian Border Security Forces resorted to unprovoked intensified heavy firing on Sialkot border villages in Charwah sector of the Sialkot Working Boundary late on Friday, according to Chenab Rangers officials.

The firing remained continued for whole night where they targeted the civilian population in Charwah sector.

The Chenab Rangers retaliated the fire.

No loss of life or injury was reported, the officials said.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2015

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