Srinagar, May 3 -- Amid escalating tensions following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, the Indian Army has responded to the unprovoked small arms firing across the Line of Control (LoC) during the intervening night of May 2 and 3, official said on Saturday.

The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms firing across the LoC in areas opposite the Kupwara, Uri, and Akhnoor areas of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, the Indian Army responded promptly and proportionately to the same.

Earlier, the Pakistan Army indulged in small arms firing across the LoC on the night of May 1 and 2 in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, and Poonch districts, as well as in the Naushera and Akhnoor sectors in J&K, ...