One Army jawan was injured in the fresh exchange of firing along the line of Control in Poonch district on Thursday morning.
The ‘unprovoked’ ceasefire violation was reported in the area after a gap of 12 days.
Unconfirmed reports claimed a group of four-five heavily armed infiltrators had attempted to infiltrate inside the Indian territory and the nearby forward posts occupied by the Pakistan Army may have provided them cover fire to mislead Indian soldiers.
Hitting back at the Pakistani Army, Indian troopers responded strongly using similar calibre of weapons.
The exchange of firing went on for over one hour in the area. Unconfirmed reports claimed Pakistan Army may have suffered damages in strong retaliation by the Indian Army.
Defence PRO in Jammu was not available for comments nor any other officer of Nagrota based 16 corps headquarters or Udhampur based Defence PRO shared any information on nature of injuries received by the soldier in exchange of firing in Gulpur area of Poonch.
According to reports, the alert Indian troops had repulsed the infiltration bid and forced them to retreat inside the Pakistan territory.
A group of four-five infiltrators had attempted an infiltration bid in the area. One jawan who sustained grievous injuries was rushed to the Poonch air strip in a critical care ambulance from where he was airlifted to army hospital.
On December 17 Pakistan Army had trained its guns towards the forward Indian posts in the area.