Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged small arms and machinegun fire at some places along their border as tension mounted between the two nuclear capable neighbors, officials said today.
A senior defense official said the exchange of fire along the border in the rebellion-torn Jammu and Kashmir state was not alarming.
"From a military point of view it is a routine fire given the volatile situation along the borders with Pakistan," the official, who did not wish to identified, told Reuters.
New Delhi also moved more troops to its border with its western neighbor following the deadly suicide attack on its Parliament last week and also recalled its envoy to Pakistan for what it termed Islamabad's failure to act against terrorism.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday denounced the recall, calling it a "very arrogant and knee-jerk response" to tension over the parliament attack. He said Islamabad would not respond in kind.
In New Delhi, a court extended the judicial custody of three suspects arrested over last week's suicide attack by two weeks. It also extended the police custody of a fourth suspect for another seven days.
India has blamed two Pakistan-based groups the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed for the attack in which 14 people including five militants were killed and demanded Islamabad close down the groups.
Pakistan has denied involvement and has condemned the attack.