There were two white flags displayed from two different border villages along Ramgarh in Samba district and Jammu sector today, government officials said.
But calls for a flag meeting at Octerio Border Out Post (BoP) along IB in R S Pura sub-sector of Jammu got no response, they said.
While at the same time, Pakistan troops fired two rounds on BOP Katav in Kathua district today triggering panic among people as BSF troops retaliated.
"We are making all efforts to hold the flag meeting to defuse the tension and response from other side has already been received," he had said.
BSF troops had earlier tried to hold flag meeting on October 18 and 20 with Pakistan Rangers on IB at two forward BoPs in Samba district, but Pakistan Rangers did not turn up for meeting after a long wait by BSF troops.
"On October 18 and 20, the BSF twice approached the Rangers for flag meets, but they did not turn up," BSF Jammu Frontier DIG Dharmender Pareekh had told reporters here recently.
BSF had sent communications via hotlines to the Rangers from Nikowal and Shidra and octroi BoPs and had received their response.
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