Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling and small arms firing targeting forward posts and villages along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Monday, resulting in injuries to two civilians, officials said.
Two civilians — Maqsood Ahmed and Ashiq Hussain — wereinjured in the shelling, officials said.
On Sunday, a colonel-rank officer was injured in KrishnaGhati sector of Poonch in Pakistani shelling, while a 25-year-old portersuffered splinter injuries when a mortar shell exploded near him in Keri sectorof Rajouri district, they said.The Pakistani side has suffered five to sixtimes more casualties than the Indian side in retaliatory action, a seniorofficial said.