India summoned Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday, conveying concerns over the mutilation of two Indian soldiers, reports said.
News agency ANI reported that the Indian foreign secretary demanded action after after the cross-LoC raid by a team of Pakistani army.
There is widespread anger in the country over the beheading, with family members and many political leaders calling for a similar action against the neighbour.
On Monday, Pakistan’s border action team sneaked into India and mutilated two soldiers in the Krishna Ghati area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.
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The ambush, backed by mortar shelling and machine gun fire, on a 10-member joint patrol of the Border Security Force and army killed naib subedar Paramjit Singh, a 42-year-old junior commissioned officer with 22 Sikh Regiment, and 45-year-old head constable Prem Sagar of the BSF’s 200 Battalion.
Pakistan has denied its troops were involved in the attack across the de facto border between the two countries.
Pakistan again targeted the area on Wednesday when it fired at Indian posts in along the LoC in Mankote sector that adjoins Krishna Ghati.
The Pakistani side started firing at around 1.30am and the exchange continued for five hours, intelligence sources said of the latest ceasefire violation by the neighbouring country.
There were unconfirmed reports of a soldier being injured, the source said.
Source: HindustanTimes