Debris of projectile retrieved in Punjab's Jalandhar as Pakistan violates Indian airspace

NEW DELHI: As Pakistan continued to violate Indian airspace and launch attacks, including on civilian areas, debris of a projectile was retrieved at Nall village in Punjab's Jalandhar on Saturday morning.Previously that day, fragments of an unidentified projectile were discovered in a field at Mughlani Kot Village in Punjab's Amritsar. The site showed fragments scattered across an agricultural field, with burn marks visible in the surrounding area. Village Sarpanch Gursahib Singh reported that the incident occurred around five in the morning, with no injuries reported from the falling debris. Various pieces of unidentified debris were also located in the Lasjan area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday morning. The debris was discovered amidst residential houses, with locals narrowly avoiding harm. A resident, Ashraf, reported hearing an explosion at approximately 05:45 am. After witnessing an aerial blast, he found debris scattered across different parts of his house. He alerted the local authority, following which police arrived to collect the fragments. Concurrently, intense cross-border shelling from Pakistan damaged homes and religious establishments in Kupwara, Uri, and Poonch in J&K. Despite the attacks, locals expressed solidarity with the Indian Army. Properties in Uri sustained severe damage from the shelling targeting civilian areas.In Poonch, residential structures and water storage facilities faced extensive destruction. Poonch resident Balbir Singh stated, "The entire house is damaged. The adjacent houses have also suffered damage...Pakistan is targeting civilian areas...They are deliberately targeting Poonch...Gurdwara, temples and mosques - they have not spared anything...This is all the nefarious design of Pakistan that it is targeting civilians...People are scared but they have the spirit that they will continue to live here and stand with the Indian Army." "We were uprooted in 1947 and then came to live here. A massive firing is ongoing now. We will not leave Poonch and go anywhere else. We will stand shoulder to shoulder with the Army and Administration. They may bomb us as much as they want, we will not be scared," he said.