The Pakistani troops used mortars, RPGs and heavy machine guns leading to heavy firing exchanges, officers of the Army and BSF said.
With these two incidents today, the number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan in July rose to six.
"There was small arms firing by the Pakistan Rangers on forward Kothay border outpost (BoP) in Kathua district around 5 PM today", a BSF officer said.
Pakistani troops earlier in the day targeted Indian posts by firing rocket projectile grenades (RPGs) and heavy machine guns along LoC in Doda Battalion forward area in Poonch district since 0730 hours.
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