NEW DELHI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Three Pakistani troopers were killed and one wounded in deadly skirmishes with Indian army on the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.
The two sides exchanged heavy fire in Rakhchikri area of frontier Poonch district, about 185 km southwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Indian army has foiled an infiltration bid on LoC in Poonch and killed three Pakistani soldiers," state-run broadcaster -- All IndiaRadio (AIR) said Tuesday.
"Last evening after noticing a suspicious movement, the troops pushed back suspected infiltrators, while killed three Pakistani soldiers and injured another."
Meanwhile, Pakistan's state-run broadcaster quoting the country's military's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Tuesday said Indian forces once again resorted to unprovoked cease-fire violation along LoC at Rakhchikri Rawlakot on their side in which three soldiers were killed and one injured.
The killings came hours after Pakistani authorities allowed wife and mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an alleged Indian spy, to meet him in Islamabad.
Jadhav is languishing in Pakistani jail on charges of espionage.
Earlier on Saturday, four Indian army troopers including an officer were killed in similar skirmishes in frontier Rajouri district, adjacent to Poonch.
Reports said on Sunday also the two sides targeted each others position on LoC.
According to Indian officials, over 600 incidents of cease-fire violations were recorded along the LoC and International Border (IB) since the beginning of this year.
The skirmishes have led to killings of troops as well as civilians.
Both New Delhi and Islamabad accuse each other of resorting to unprovoked firings and violating cease-fire agreements. And both sides maintain that their troops gave befitting reply. The troops of India and Pakistan intermittently exchange fire on the 720 km-long LoC and the 198 km IB in Kashmir, despite an agreement in 2003 to observe a cease-fire. However, the cease-fire remains in effect.
