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The Pakistani Foreign Ministry summoned India's Deputy High Commissioner to Islamabad on Wednesday to protest the killing of a Pakistani villager in an "unprovoked shootout" by Indian troops in the Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Abdul Rauf was shot dead Tuesday by Indian security forces in the Kotkoterra area while he was grazing animals, according to a statement from the Pakistani army.
The Foreign Ministry summoned the Indian diplomat and condemned what he described as a cease-fire violation by Indian forces.
"India's ceasefire violations pose a threat to regional peace and security and could lead to a miscalculation," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Indian army said no such incident occurred on Tuesday in the disputed region.
Lt. Col. Devender Anand, a spokesman for the Indian army, said, however, that soldiers killed an "intruder" on the Indian side after entering Pakistan on Wednesday in the Rajouri area. He did not give any other details.
The developments come as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Islamabad before traveling to India.
Pakistan and India often exchange Kashmir fire along the border control line in the disputed region, shared between the two South Asian nuclear-armed neighbors.
The two sides signed a cease-fire agreement in 2003, but the two often raped it and accused each other of "unprovoked fire".
Both nations claim Kashmir in their entirety and have fought two of their three wars since they gained independence from British rule.
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Associated Press author Aijaz Hussain in Srinagar, India, contributed to this report.
