DHAKA: Pakistan Rangers continued mortar shelling and firing at Border Security Force (BSF) positions in Kathua and Samba districts throughout Monday night.

A BSF jawan was killed and a woman critically injured on Monday in mortar shelling by Pakistan on the international border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Border Security Force (BSF) constable - identified as Davinder Kumar of the 9th battalion - was killed in shelling by the Pakistan Rangers on Khawada post, a police official said, The Times of India reports on Tuesday.

The woman, identified as Shibo Devi, wife of Dewan Chand and a resident of Baingalard village in Samba, was hit by a mortar splinter.

BDST: 1611 HRS, JAN 06, 2015