Speaking to BBCUrdu, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the incident and said that the Indian side had resorted to firing at a check post in Dudhnial region of the Neelam Valley sector.

The military spokesman, however, did not say anything about retaliatory fire from the Pakistani side.

Mr Abbas said that an army commander of the area had raised the matter with his Indian counterpart after the incident. An investigation into the incident had been initiated, he added.