India on Monday said it had responded to ‘unprovoked’ firing from Pakistan along the de facto border for the fourth consecutive night, as it deepens its search for militants in the region after last week’s deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir.
DAILY POST reports that after the April 22 attack that killed 26 people, India has identified two of the three suspected militants as Pakistani, although Islamabad has denied any role and called for a neutral probe.
The attack prompted outrage and grief in India, along with calls for action against Pakistan, whom New Delhi accused of funding and encouraging terrorism in Kashmir, a region both nations claim and have fought two wars over.
The nuclear-armed nations have reportedly unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India putting the critical Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and Pakistan closing its airspace to Indian airlines.
According to the Indian Army, it had responded to “unprovoked” small arms fire from multiple Pakistan Army posts around midnight on Sunday along the 740-km (460-mile) de facto border separating the Indian and Pakistani areas of Kashmir.
While it did not give any further details or report any casualties, the Pakistani military has not made any comment on the development.
India’s defence forces are said to have conducted several military exercises across the country since the attack.
