Despite ceasefire violations and rising conflicts at the border, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officials offered sweets to Pakistani soldiers at the Wagah border on the occasion of Eid. But the Pakistan Rangers on Saturday refused to accept India's sweets at the border check post at Wagah in Punjab.

BSF, Deputy Inspector General, MF Farooqui said, “We give sweets on Eid every time. The Rangers have not accepted it today. We always want to maintain peace and tranquillity on the border."

A tradition of exchanging sweets on festivals at the International Border in Jammu and along the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar in Punjab have been in practice since a long time.

Earlier on Thursday, India warned of an "effective and forceful response” that was followed by a series of ceasefire violations along the border in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan.

-Sumana