The International Border in Jammu and Kashmir remained tense on Wednesday as Pakistani and Indian troops continued to exchange fire even as two women were killed and 25 injured in Pakistani shelling in the Samba sector of the Jammu region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told presspersons that “everything will be fine soon” without elaborating how normalcy would be restored. Government sources said the BSF had been told not to seek any flag meeting with the Pakistani Rangers till the firing stopped. Indian troops would continue to respond strongly to the “unprovoked” Pakistani shelling. As India did not escalate the situation, there was no question of scaling down the response, they said.
The Congress criticised the handling of the situation. At a rally in Maharashtra, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi said Mr. Modi had done nothing to stop the shelling.
