India, Pakistan cool tensions over cross border shelling

"We would like to use restraint," said Indian army number two Lieutenant General Bhupinder Singh Thakur, after mortar bombs exploded in the Poonch sector on Tuesday night and wounded one person.

Poonch lies 245 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Jammu, winter capital of Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir, racked by a revolt against New Delhi's rule.

"There is going to be a series of discussions on this and I am sure with the kind of understanding that exists between the two armies, there will be a better understanding and restraint on both sides," Thakur said.

"We hope the Pakistan government will consider this case with all seriousness," he told reporters in New Delhi.