Army officials said during the night of April 30-May 1, Pakistan Army posts initiated unprovoked small arms fire across the Line of Control opposite Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor in Jammu & Kashmir.
Indian Army troops responded swiftly and proportionately, they added.
Initially commencing with unprovoked small arms firing at several posts along the LoC in Kupwara and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, Pakistan swiftly expanded its ceasefire violation to the Poonch sector and subsequently to the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region.
It was followed by small arms firing on several posts along the LoC in the Sunderbani and Naushera sectors of Rajouri district on Tuesday night. Subsequently, it expanded the firing to the Pargwal sector along the International Border in Jammu district on Wednesday.
In Kashmir, officials stated that an alert has been issued in the border areas and security has been tightened in nearby towns. They added that checkpoints have been set up and frisking intensified in response to the ongoing border tensions.
