Srinagar
The armies of India and Pakistan resorted to heavy firing on Sunday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district.
“Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions on the LoC in the Rajouri sector,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Manish Mehta told a news gathering agency.
They are using small arms, automatics and mortars, he said.
“Our forces are effectively retaliating,” Mehta added.
Two civilians were killed and three others injured in Rajouri’s Naushera sector due to the shelling.
Authorities have closed all schools indefinitely in the areas close to the LoC.
Since Friday, dozens of families from the border villages have left their homes to avoid the indiscriminate shelling.
