Indian soldier beheaded by Pakistan troops in Kashmir: officials in Delhi

Pledge: India's Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid.

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An Indian soldier was beheaded by Pakistani troops in Kashmir, it was claimed today.

Officials in Delhi also claimed a second soldier was killed and mutilated in the disputed territory and summoned Pakistan?s top envoy to the capital.

The foreign ministry issued a statement in which it claimed the bodies had been subject to ?barbaric and inhuman mutilation in contravention of all norms of international conduct?.

Both countries have claimed Kashmir, in the north west of the subcontinent, as their own for more than 60 years.

India says the soldiers were killed in a firefight near Mendhar while on patrol close to the dividing line yesterday.

Troops searched the area where the soldiers were allegedly killed and claim they found just one head.

Pakistan?s foreign ministry said the allegations were ?baseless? and added it would welcome a UN probe.

It said the killings claim was a propaganda effort to deflect international attention from the death of a Pakistani soldier earlier this week.

India?s foreign minister Salman Khurshid pledged a ?proportionate? response and said the attack was ?an attempt to derail the dialogue? between the countries over Kashmir.

There has been a fragile ceasefire since 2003.

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