Jammu: Pakistan violated ceasefire for the secondconsecutive day on Tuesday by resorting to mortar shelling and small armsfiring on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouridistrict of Jammu and Kashmir, an officer said. "On Wednesday, around10.15pm, Pakistan initiated ceasefire violation by firing of small arms andshelling with mortars in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district. The IndianArmy is retaliating befittingly," the official added.The firing fromacross the border started in Sunderbani sector in the afternoon, promptingstrong and effective retaliation by Indian Army guarding the border, theofficer said. He said the exchange of firing between the two sides continuedtill 2.30pm.

However, there was no immediate report of any casualty inthe Pakistani firing which was unprovoked, he said. This was the thirdceasefire violation along the LoC in the past four days. On August 3, Pakistantargeted Mehdhar sector of Poonch.

Last month, two Army personnel and a 10-day old baby werekilled and several civilians injured in heavy Pakistani shelling and firing inthe twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region.