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Pak firing forces villagers to flee border hamlets

Samba Border :  With Pakistani troops pounding civilian areas with mortar shells and heavy firing, villagers living along the Indo-Pak border have been forced to flee their homes to safer places.“We sent our women, children

PTI Updated on: October 20, 2013 18:43 IST


However, Divisional Commissioner Shant Manu dismissed reports of migration.

“People are panicking due to border firing. As a result, they had sent their women and children to safer area in community centre in Samba district. There is no migration as such,” Manu told PTI.

The people housed in the community centre returned late in the afternoon today as there was no firing, he said.  

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