NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — The clashes between India and Pakistan in Rahouri along the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir started on Saturday.
"Risking their lives officials and police evacuated 996 people from various shelling hit villages and shifted them to various camps established by district administration where facilities of ration, cooking, drinking water, sanitation, first aid and proper accommodation have been provided," Shahid Iqbal Choudgary said, as quoted by the PTI news agency.
Islamabad and New Delhi have been both laying claims to Jammu and Kashmir since India obtained independence from the United Kingdom and was partitioned into two states, namely India and Pakistan, in 1947. The tensions in the region have escalated in recent months, after Indian security services had killed a leader of a local separatist group.
