The meeting, attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag and other top officials, took stock of the situation along the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The top security brass briefed the Home Minister and the Defence Minister the steps taken to counter firing by Pakistani forces, official sources.
The Pakistani troops used heavy calibre weapons like 120 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs, army said.
The Border Security Force, deployed along the IB, today said it had destroyed 14 posts of Pakistani Rangers in retaliatory action in Ramgarh and Arnia sectors of Jammu frontier.
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