The information was confirmed by Defence PRO who said, “Indian Army gunned down two Pakistani soldiers last night in a retaliatory action to unprovoked ceasefire violations and repeated attempts to facilitate infiltration by Pakistan Army in Tangdhar Sector”.
Pakistan had opened fire and violated ceasefire on Monday, which martyred Indian jawan, India’s action has come in a response to the same. The incident has come a day prior to Pakistani Independence day on August 14.
On August 7, an Army major and three soldiers were killed during an operation in which they foiled an infiltration bid in Gurez area of North Kashmir. Two out of eight infiltrators were killed in the gunfight.
Last Friday, Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria today called on Pakistan's prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan and discussed bilateral relations and also raised the India's concerns over terrorism and cross-border infiltration.