JAMMU: The Indian army says Pakistan has opened fire on their posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, as the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde visited the international border in the region.
Defence spokesman Col. R.K. Palta said: “Pakistan Army has violated the ceasefire in Hamirpur area of Bhimber Gali today (Tuesday) morning.
“They have used mortars, automatics and small arms to target our positions. Our troops have effectively retaliated Pakistan firing using equal calibre weapons,” the spokesman said.
“The firing started 10.35 a.m. today (Tuesday) and firing exchanges continued in the area till 11.15 a.m,” he added.
The firing came barely hours after an earlier firing exchange when Pakistani troops indulged in heavy shelling of Indian positions in R.S. Pura sector of the international border in Jammu district late Monday night.
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Pakistani authorities quoted by the agency said Indian forces also fired shells on Pakistani areas along the Line of Control, which divides Kashmir between the two countries.
