Srinagar: The
army today said Indian troops were being "heavily engaged" by
continuous firing from Pakistan, but denied that Pakistani troops had
occupied a ghost village in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control.
The army said the heavy firing from across the border began after an infiltration bid was foiled last week in the Keran-Mendhar sector of Kashmir at an area 200 metre from the Line of Control. According to an army commander, 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
"The area is difficult. Our people are being engaged from across the LOC. We are proceeding with caution," said army sources. Search operations were still on, said the army's 15 Corps, which is posted at the area.
Four Indian soldiers have also been reportedly injured. They were airlifted to an army hospital in Srinagar.
Reports had said that fighting was on in a village where Pak soldiers were using abandoned homes to fire on Indian troops. Reports had also suggested that three army posts had been vacant due to a 'change of unit'.
Both the army and the home ministry have denied the reports.
This comes just after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met in New York in Sunday and agreed that reducing violence and tension along the LoC will be a priority for both countries.
The army said the heavy firing from across the border began after an infiltration bid was foiled last week in the Keran-Mendhar sector of Kashmir at an area 200 metre from the Line of Control. According to an army commander, 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed.
"The area is difficult. Our people are being engaged from across the LOC. We are proceeding with caution," said army sources. Search operations were still on, said the army's 15 Corps, which is posted at the area.
Reports had said that fighting was on in a village where Pak soldiers were using abandoned homes to fire on Indian troops. Reports had also suggested that three army posts had been vacant due to a 'change of unit'.
Both the army and the home ministry have denied the reports.
This comes just after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met in New York in Sunday and agreed that reducing violence and tension along the LoC will be a priority for both countries.