Two Indian Army soldiers were killed Tuesday by Pakistani troopers who crossed the Line of Control (LOC) that divides India- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, news reports said.
The Indian soldiers were killed as they were moving between two posts on the Indian side of the LOC, the NDTV news channel reported, citing Indian Army sources.
The incident follows a complaint by Pakistan to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Bagley in Islamabad Monday that Indian soldiers had physically raided a Pakistani checkpoint on Sunday.
According to the Pakistani Army, the attack was repulsed, but two of its soldiers were critically injured. One of them later died.
India Tuesday denied that it had violated a 2003 ceasefire agreement in Kashmir.
"The fact is that, in the early hours of January 6, Pakistan troops in the sector commenced unprovoked firing on Indian troops.
The roof of a civilian house in Churunda village was damaged in the Pakistani mortar fire. Indian troops undertook controlled retaliation in response," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Foreign Ministry said.
Akbaruddin said India was committed to the sanctity of the LOC and called on Pakistan to ensure that incidents of unprovoked firing across the LOC did not recur.
South Asian rivals India and Pakistan have fought over the Kashmir region since their independence in 1947 from British rule. Both countries claim the region, and each controls parts of it.
India claims two soldiers killed by Pakistani troopers
New Delhi (dpa) - Two Indian Army soldiers were killed Tuesday by Pakistani troopers who crossed the Line of Control (LOC) that divides India- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, news reports said.
The Indian soldiers were killed as they were moving between two posts on the Indian side of the LOC, the NDTV news channel reported, citing Indian Army sources.
The incident follows a complaint by Pakistan to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Bagley in Islamabad Monday that Indian soldiers had physically raided a Pakistani checkpoint on Sunday.
According to the Pakistani Army, the attack was repulsed, but two of its soldiers were critically injured. One of them later died.
India Tuesday denied that it had violated a 2003 ceasefire agreement in Kashmir.
"The fact is that, in the early hours of January 6, Pakistan troops in the sector commenced unprovoked firing on Indian troops.
The roof of a civilian house in Churunda village was damaged in the Pakistani mortar fire. Indian troops undertook controlled retaliation in response," Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman for India's Foreign Ministry said.
Akbaruddin said India was committed to the sanctity of the LOC and called on Pakistan to ensure that incidents of unprovoked firing across the LOC did not recur.
South Asian rivals India and Pakistan have fought over the Kashmir region since their independence in 1947 from British rule. Both countries claim the region, and each controls parts of it.