Srinagar: The Indian Army said on Tuesday that two Pakistani soldiers were killed in retaliatory fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tangdhar sector.
On Monday, an Indian soldier was martyred in the LoC’s Tangdhar sector in unprovoked firing from the Pakistani side.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that the Indian Army responded to the unprovoked ceasefire violations and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration of terrorists by the Pakistan Army in Tangdhar.
He said, “our troops carried out calibrated operations last night in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed.”
However, in a fresh ceasefire violation, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing along the LoC in Kupwara sector of the state. “This again was in fact cover fire to infiltrating terrorists but our troops thwarted the infiltration bid by the terrorists,” said an official.
Till reports last came in heavy exchange of fire was on in the area.