26 people killed, 158 injured in Pak shelling in Jammu and Kashmir: Govt

JAMMU: As many as 26 people were killed and 158 injured in Pakistani shelling along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir during past two years, the Assembly was told today.

216 structures were also damaged in the cross-border shelling during the period, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said in a written reply to a question of NC member Ali Mohammad Sagar.

"Nine people were killed in Poonch, followed by seven each in Jammu and Samba districts, two in Rajouri and one in Kathua," she said.

Among the injured, 91 people were in Jammu, 31 in Poonch, 13 in Kathua, 12 in Samba, 8 in Kupwara and 3 in Rajouri, the CM said.

In all Rs 26 lakh were paid as compensation to the next of kin of those killed in shelling, she said, adding Rs 6.70 lakh and Rs 42.35 lakh have been paid to injured and for damages respectively.