AKIPRESS.COM - Five people were killed and nearly 50 others injured in Pakistani shelling in Arnia sector along the International Border near Jammu during early hours of Monday, reports Indian Express.

Sources said that four people died at the main bazaar in Arnia town itself when over a dozen mortar shells from across the border exploded around 3 am. It has been for the first time since 2003 that Pakistani shells have fallen in Arnia bazaar.

After a night long, unprovoked mortar shelling on civilian areas along the international border in Arnia sector, the Pakistani troops started targeting forward Indian positions along the Line of Control in Bhimber Gali (BG) area of Rajouri district on Monday.