The Border Security Force (BSF)  killed seven Pakistani Rangers along the International Border in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Sources said that "since Wednesday night, the BSF's posts had been targeted by snipers from across the border. A BSF constable named Gurnam Singh was hit by Pakistani fire this morning in Kathua, which is about 90 km from Jammu. He was evacuated to Jammu while his colleagues provided cover with retaliatory firing at Pakistan. He is in critical condition in a Jammu hospital."

"A befitting reply was given by the border guarding force," it said in a statement which stressed it as "an aggressive offensive."

However, the Pakistan army has denied any attack  and that no casualties were reported.

This action came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told the Indian army that it has right to respond if any provocation or attack happens on soldiers.

The BSF said that "on Wednesday night, it prevented a major infiltration and killed a terrorist. The Pakistani paramilitary troops were killed this morning."

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BY M. DIVYA SRI