The Pakistani Army on Tuesday asked India to share "actionable evidence" of its allegations that the bodies of two Indian soldiers were mutilated in the disputed region of Kashmir.
"Allegations of mutilation are an Indian attempt to divert the attention of the world from the situation within the valley," the Pakistani military's media wing ISPR said in a statement.
On Monday, the Indian Army said two of its soldiers died in an attack launched by Pakistani forces and their disfigured bodies were found at the Line of Control (LoC), a de facto frontier that divides the Himalayan valley of Kashmir between the South Asian neighbours.
Pakistan's director general of military operations (DGMO) spoke to his Indian counterpart and rejected the allegations, in the second hotline contact over the issue between the two sides in the last 24 hours.
Pakistan's DGMO urged India to investigate the incident and said his forces were committed to maintaining peace along the LoC, but warned that any misadventure "shall be appropriately responded to."
Tensions between the nuclear-capable neighbours have risen after an Indian national, Kulbhushan Jadhav, was sentenced to death last month by a Pakistani Army court after it convicted him of espionage.
Indian Army personnel carry the coffin of soldier Paramjeet Singh ahead of his funeral at Vein Pein village, some 45kms from Amritsar, on Tuesday.
