Panic In Jammu Village After Vigilante Group Member Opens Fire

The vigilante groups have been revamped and equipped with guns after recent terrorist attacks in Rajouri in which seven people were killed.

Panic gripped a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri this evening after a vigilante group member opened fire.

The Village Defence Committee (VDC) member may have fired in panic and security forces rushed to Muradpur village after the firing incident, official sources say.

The vigilante groups have been revamped and equipped with guns after recent terrorist attacks in Rajouri in which seven people were killed.

Over 5,000 members of the VDCs have been given rifles and more are queuing up for arms in Rajouri district. There are around 28,000 VDCs in the Jammu region.