January 11, 2013 10:36 AM

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Pak troops fire again at Indian posts in Poonch; Army seeks formation commanders' flag meeting

In yet another ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani troops across the Line of Control fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector yesterday.

The firing by Pakistani troops started from Roza and Battal posts in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir at 4.30 PM. The firing was effectively retaliated by the Indian troops.

The firing took place in the area guarded by the 13 Rajputana Rifles, whose two soldiers Lance Naiks Sudhakar Singh and Hemraj were killed and their bodies were mutilated by Pakistani troops on Tuesday.

The Army is planning to seek a flag meeting between the formation commanders of India and Pakistan deployed along the Poonch sector of LoC in a bid to defuse the tension.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has outrightly rejected Pakistan's proposal for a UN probe into Tuesday's incident on the LoC in which two Indian soldiers were brutally killed by Pakistani troops. He said, the issue figured at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, which was briefed by Defence Minister A K Antony on the incident.

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said, Laskar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed was present in Pak-occupied Kashmir, a few days before Tuesday's incident.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he, however, said that the visa agreements between India and Pakistan will stay. Mr Shinde said it will be operationalized as per the schedule.

Meanwhile, Pakistani army yesterday refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods to cross the LoC trade point in Poonch district.

25 trucks carrying goods, mostly vegetables, from India were not allowed to cross the LoC and enter Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir at Chakan-Da-Bagh.

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