Srinagar, Apr 26 (UNI) Amid the escalating tensions, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged small arms fire during the night across the volatile Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, Army sources said on Saturday.

They said during the intervening night of April 25-26, unprovoked small firing was carried out by various Pakistan Army posts all across LoC in Kashmir.

“Indian troops responded appropriately with small arms,” they said, adding that no casualties were reported during the exchange of fire.

This is the second consecutive night when the Pakistan Army opened small arms fire at several locations along the LoC.

Defence officials Pakistani troops over the last night have been resorting to small arms fire along the LoC out of fear that the Indian Army might launch a cross-border operation.

On Friday, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi visited Srinagar and reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 25 tourists and a local

dead.

UNI MJR ARN