Jammu, May 10 -- Pakistan carried out cross-border shelling on Saturday morning, causing significant damage to civilian areas in Jammu city and heightening fears among residents.

BJP MLA from Jammu West, Arvind Gupta, advised people to sleep on the ground floor.

Arvind Gupta said, "The shelling started at 4 am. At around 5.40 am, I was on the first floor of my house, which is around 50 metres from here. There was a sudden impact, I was a little scared. Three people were injured in the shelling."

He further said that Pakistan has no guts to have a direct fight with the Indian Army so it has started attacking the residential areas.

"The only reason behind the attack on residential areas is to cause panic in Jammu City. I appeal to the p...