NEW DELHI- Pakistani troops retaliated to unprovoked mortar shelling andsmall arms fire from Indian side along the Line of Control in borderRajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir for second day onWednesday.

Indiscriminate mortar shelling, automatics and small arms fire from acrossthe LoC in Noushera sector started at 2 pm and Krishna Ghati sector at 4.45pm. The Pakistan army was retaliating strongly and effectively.

Two soldiers were killed in retaliatory mortar shelling and small arms fireby Pakistani troops from across the LoCin Rajouri district number 8217;Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening.

The deceased included rifleman Vinod Singh and rifleman Jaki Sharma. Boththe soldiers had got grievously hurt in the firing and they later succumbedto their injuries.