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\ Harbans Lal of Vidhpur says his entire family would have Harbans Lal of Vidhpur says his entire family would have\perished had the shell, which pierced through the roof of\their house, had landed any closer to the room where\they were huddled.\ Three shells landed in the compound of the house of Desh\Raj of Vidhpur hamlet close to IB in R S Pura.\ \\"One shell hit a vehicle and damaged it. One landed close\to wash room and another landed in the compound of the house,\\"\he said.\ Director General of Border Security Force K K Sharma had\on Monday said that Pakistani troops were targeting civilian\areas.\ \\"The way they are bombarding our areas, they are\targeting civilians but as a policy BSF does not target\civilians at all,\\" Sharma told reporters here after laying\wreath at the mortal remains of BSF Head Constable Susheel\Kumar, who died in Pakistani firing, on Monday.\ \\"We only target the place from where the fire is coming.\We only target military and Pakistan Rangers establishments.\we never intentionally target civilian areas,\\" he had said.\ \\"As a policy matter, BSF does not target civilian areas\in retaliatory action,\\" Sharma had said.\ He also asserted that the forces \\"have never initiated\\"\firing.\ \\"It is Pakistan who is doing it. As you know in case of\Gurnam Singh they killed him in a sniper fire and we gave them\a befitting reply,\\" he had said. PTI AB\RT\