Pak. resorts to mortar firing

NEW DELHI, JAN. 24. Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar firing in the Krishna Ghati and Pallanwala sectors of the Jammu region injuring two Indian soldiers, official sources said here today. They said the intermittent firing from Pakistani troops, which continued for the whole of yesterday, intensified during the night in the Krishna Ghati and Pallanwala areas.

The Pakistani troops fired mortar shells besides using small and medium arms. However, the Indian troops retaliated and silenced the Pakistani guns, they said.

Meanwhile, an Islamabad report says Pakistan has sought to conceal the number of Army casualties in its attack on an Indian post , saying about five soldiers were ``missing'' since the clash at the LoC.

- PTI

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