BSF releases video of Pakistani bunkers being destroyed in retaliatory firing as tension escalates - WATCH

The BSF on Wednesday released a video footage showing how it destroyed several Pakistani bunkers in retaliatory firing along the International Border.

Jammu: Amid increased tension between Indian and Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday released a video footage showing how it destroyed several Pakistani bunkers in retaliatory firing along the International Border.

Giving more information regarding this, Inspector General, BSF DK Upadhyay said that Pakistani Rangers, with active connivance of its Army, have resorted to heavy mortal shelling deliberately towards Indian civilian areas along the International Border.

Pakistan Army is giving full support to Rangers, which have violated ceasefire "countless" times in recent past, Upadhyay said while addressing a press conference.

"Pakistani forces are firing heavy mortars deliberately towards Indian civilian areas. BSF never fires towards any Pakistani civilian area. We fire only towards military bunkers from where Pakistani forces fire. We have inflicted heavy damage on 14 Pakistani bunkers," he said.

Upadhyay said if there was any civilian casualty in the Pakistani side, it was because the civilian population live very close to the military bunkers that might have resulted in "collateral" damage.

The senior officer of the Border Security Force also showed images of BSF's firing which targeted only military bunkers in Pakistan.

In an escalation on the tension along border, eight people, including two children and four women, were killed and 22 injured yesterday as Pakistani troops targeted civilian areas in Jammu region inviting strong retaliation by Indian forces who killed two Pakistani soldiers and destroyed their 14 posts.

In view of increased shelling and firing by Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered closure of all the 400 schools along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC).

With cross-border firing escalating, Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the situation at a meeting in Delhi which was attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag and other top officials.

Tension along the IB and LOC escalated since the surgical strikes by army targeting terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on September 29.

Watch the BSF retaliatory firing video here.