SRINAGAR | NEW DELHI: Two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated by a Pakistan army backed border action team (BAT) in a cross border strike in Jammu and Kashmir ’s Poonch district.The Indian Army ’s Northern Command said such “despicable acts” would be “appropriately responded” to. The soldiers, one each from the Army and the Border Security Force, were part of a 10-man patrol that was deployed on anti-infiltration duty along the border. They were attacked on Monday morning. Army officials said a BAT team crossed over under the cover of heavy fire from a Pakistani army border post.While Indian posts also retaliated to the fire, the two soldiers were killed. Their mutilated bodies were recovered after reinforcements reached the site. Tensions on the border have been simmering — in March and April, there have been at least 11 ceasefire violations in the Poonch and Rajouri border districts of Jammu. Incidentally, the latest strike took place a day after Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited his side of the LoC.As per sources, the BAT crossed nearly 250 meters inside the LoC and mutilated the two troopers near the Kranti post. The Indian Army termed the act as ‘un-soldierly’. The deceased have been identified as Head Constable Prem Sagar of 200th Battalion of the BSF and Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh of the Army’s 22 Sikh Regiment.BSF constable Rajinder Singh suffered injuries. An Army spokesperson said the Pakistan side carried out unprovoked rocket and mortar firing along the LoC in the Krishna Ghati Sector.