At least 2-3 Pakistani armymen are believed to have been killed on Tuesday in the retaliatory firing by Indian troops in the Noushera sector of Rajouri district while seven women, including six members of a family, were injured in R S Pura sector of Jammu district in cross-border shelling.
Heavy exchange of fire, involving use of 82 mm and 120 mm mortar shells besides small arms, was still going on in the evening after it started at around 10 am.
"From 10 am, Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control in Noushera sector of Rajouri district by targeting our positions with mortar bombs and small arms fire," an army officer said.
The Indian army is giving a "befitting response" to the ceasefire violation from the Pakistani side, he added.
"We have inputs that two to three Pakistani soldiers have been killed in the retaliatory firing by our men," an army officer said.
"The firing is still going on and our side is giving a befitting reply," he said, adding there is no loss of life or injury on our side.
The Border Security Force too has claimed that its calibrated and effective retaliatory fire had heavily damaged at least six Pakistan Rangers posts.
The BSF action came after Pakistan Rangers resorted to ceasefire violations by targeting civilian population in RS Pura sector in Jammu district on Tuesday afternoon, a Border Security Force spokesman said.
"Several rounds of small arms and mortar shells were fired from the Pakistani side targeting our villages in the RS Pura sector," the spokesman said.
