ISLAMABAD: Assistant Commissioner, Waleed Anwar has said at least ninepeople including two minor girls were injured in heavy shelling by Indiantroops in Nakyal sector of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

AC Waleed Anwar Indian forces started mortar shelling at early Sundaymorning around about 7am and they targeted the civilian populations inalmost all villages along the Line of Control (LoC).

The local news outlet reported that a shell hit the roof of the house ofone Haji Aslam in Palani village in a result three of his daughters wereinjured and they were identified as as Musarrat, 22, Nargis, 25, and Samra,15.

AC Anwar added that similarly, in the same sector, 11-year-old AleebaMajeed and 35-year-old Muhammad Zahoor Mughal were injured in Jair Merg andDharoti Naari villages respectively.

He added that at least three people were reported injured in Balakot. Theywere identified as 18-year-old Abdul Aziz, Abdul Ghani, 52, and his spouseFarzand Begum, 42.

He said six of the victims had been shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ)Hospital Kotli owing to their critical wounds.