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There were reports of large-scale massacres of Muslims in Udhampur district, particularly in proper [[Udhampur]], [[Chenani]], Ramnagar, [[Bhadrawah|Bhaderwah]] and Reasi areas. Killing of a large number of Muslims was reported from Chhamb, Deva Batala, Manawsar and other parts of [[Akhnoor]] with many people fleeing to Pakistan or moving to Jammu. In Kathua district and [[Billawar|Bilawar]] area, there was extensive killing of Muslims with women raped and abducted.<ref name=Bhasin>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/jammu-1947-issue-35-vol-07-89728/|title=Jammu 1947 by Ved Bhasin|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|via=|newspaper=}}</ref><ref name=Ahmad/>
There was mass killing of Muslims in and around Jammu. The state troops led the attacks. The state officials provided arms and ammunition to the rioters. The administration had demobilised a large number of Muslim soldiers in the state army and had discharged Muslim police officers.{{sfn|Chattha, Partition and its Aftermath|2009|p=180, 182}}{{efn|According to the accounts of refugees, "the Maharaja himself toured about the villages with truck-loads of arms and ammunition following him, and personally held consultations with the local officials, distributed arms, and in some cases fired the first shot."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bakshi|first1=S. R.|title=Kashmir Through Ages (5 Vol)|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788185431710|page=270|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ONDsQCO9yTQC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false|language=en}}</ref>}} Most of the Muslims outside the Muslim dominated areas were killed by the communal rioters who moved in vehicles with arms and ammunition, though the city was officially put under curfew. Many number of [[Gurjar|Gujjar]] men and women who used to supply milk to the city from the surrounding villages were reportedly massacred en-route. It is said that the Ramnagar reserve in Jammu was littered with the dead bodies of Gujjar men, women and children. In the Muslim localities of [[Jammu|Jammu city]], Talab Khatikan and Mohalla Ustad, Muslims were surrounded and were denied water supply and food. The Muslims in Talab Khatikan area had joined to defend themselves with the arms they could gather, who later received support from the Muslim Conference. They were eventually asked to surrender and the administration asked them to go to Pakistan for their safety. These people, in thousands, were loaded in numerous trucks and were escorted by the troops. When they reached the outskirts of the city, they were reportedly pulled out and killed by armed people, while abducting the women.{{sfn|Chattha, Partition and its Aftermath|2009|p=183}}<ref name=Bhasin />
On November 16, 1947, [[Sheikh Abdullah]] arrived in Jammu and a refugee camp was set up in Mohalla Ustad.<ref name=Bhasin />
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