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Indian soldier on leave, wife killed after Pak violates ceasefire in Poonch

The Pakistan army, however, has claimed that the Indian Army violated ceasefire and has even summoned the deputy high commissioner

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Two people were killed and several othres suffered injuries when the Pakistani army resorted to firing at forward posts and villages along the LoC in Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.

According to an NDTV report, the deceased were a soldier on leave and his wife. The injured included their two children.

Meanwhile, Pakistan summoned India's deputy high commissioner in Islamabad over alleged firing along the Line of Control that killed two persons and injured three others.

Pakistan also accused India of violating the ceasefire along the LoC in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in which two persons were killed and three others injured, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson said in a statement.

Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was summoned over the alleged firing by Indian forces in Chirikot and Satwal sectors, the statement said.

The firing allegedly resulted in killing two civilians, including a woman. Three other people were injured.

The Foreign Office said that Director-General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and "condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces".

"The Director-General urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 ceasefire arrangement, investigate this and other incidents of ceasefire violations, instruct the Indian forces to respect the ceasefire, in letter and spirit and maintain peace on the LoC," the Foreign Office said.

Meanwhile, army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said that "Pakistan Army troops responded effectively to Indian unprovoked firing".

The latest clashes erupted on the death anniversary of militant commander Burhan Wani who was killed in Kashmir last year.

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