Army Tuesday destroyed seven Pakistani military posts across the Line of Control in retaliation to the ceasefire violations, said officials.
This inflicted several casualties also on Pakistani troops,they added.
Three Indian villagers too were injured at Shahpur borderarea in Poonch district Tuesday in the shelling by the Pakistani army, theofficials added.
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations admitted threecasualties among their troops at Rakhchakri in Rawalakot of thePakistan-administered Kashmir.
An Indian Defence spokesperson said the Pakistani army beganviolating ceasefire early Tuesday.
The spokesperson said the Pakistani troops violated theceasefire at 11.30 am with mortar and artillery shelling and firings by smallarms along the LoC in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district.
This violation was replied befittingly, he added.
“At about 1700 hours Tuesday, the Pakistani army againinitiated unprovoked shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along theLoC in Shahpur and Kerni sectors in Poonch district,” said the Defencespokesperson.
“The Indian Army too is retaliating befittingly,”he said.
The ISPR identified their slain soldiers as “Subedar Muhammad Riaz, a resident of Jhang, Lance Havaldar Aziz Ullah from Noshero Feroz and Sepoy Shahid Mansib from Abbotabbad.”