India, May 13 -- As tensions between India and Pakistan escalated during 'Operation Sindoor', residents of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir took to social media to share footage of their homes reduced to rubble by cross-border shelling. In one such video, a Poonch resident shared visuals of the homes, buildings and vehicles destroyed by incessant shelling in the border district.

"I always wanted to share the beauty of Poonch with the world through my videos, but now I am forced to show what happened to our Poonch from May 7 to 11," Instagram user Mazhair said in a video, standing under the broken roof of a house.

In a short video titled "Never Forget the Sacrifice of Poonch", Mazhair captured the devastation caused by Pakistan's shelling dur...