Hours after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement, explosions were heard in Srinagar. Both India and Pakistan have accused one another of violating the truce.
Pakistan said it was 'committed' to the ceasefire despite what it called Indian violations. India said it was 'dealing with adequate and appropriate response' to Pakistani violations. Explosions were heard in Srinagar hours after a ceasefire announcement. India and Pakistan traded attacks overnight before a truce was announced.
Indian forces responding to 'repeated violations' of ceasefire, foreign secretary says
India's armed forces are "dealing with adequate and appropriate response" to "violations" of the ceasefire reached earlier today, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a statement on Saturday.
"For the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding arrived at earlier this evening," Misri said, saying that New Delhi "take[s] very very serious notice of these violations."
He called upon Islamabad "to take appropriate steps to address these violations and deal with the situation with seriousness and responsibility."
India's military was "maintaining a strong vision of the situation" and was instructed to "deal strongly" with the violations, he added.
'Explosions heard across Srinagar,' Kashmir chief minister says
Blasts were heard across the city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, just hours after India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire, according to Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the territory Jammu and Kashmir.
"What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar!!!" he said on X.
In another post, he wrote: "This is no ceasefire. The air defence units in the middle of Srinagar just opened up."
The Reuters news agency also reported that blasts were heard in Jammu City and projectiles were seen in the sky. The French AFP news agency reported an anonymous Indian source saying Pakistan had violated the ceasefire agreement.
