India demands action from Pak over mutilation of soldiers

New Delhi/May,3: Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and conveyed India’s outrage and demanded action from Islamabad over the killing and barbaric mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers on May 1.Meanwhile 50 schoolchildren visiting India from across the border were sent back following a government advisory.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted. “Foreign Secretary summons Pak HC, conveys India’s outrage, demands action against Pak soldiers and commanders responsible,”
The army’s Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh and the BSF’s Head Constable Prem Sagar were killed and their bodies mutilated in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
“Foreign Secretary conveyed India’s outrage at the killing and the barbaric act of mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers on May 1, 2017, by Pakistan Army personnel,” the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
“It was significant that the attack was preceded by covering fire from Pakistani posts in Battal sector (in vicinity of village Battal),” it said.
“Blood samples of Indian soldiers that have been collected and the trail of blood on Roza Nala clearly shows that the killers returned across the Line of Control.”
Meanwhile 50 schoolchildren visiting India from across the border were on Wednesday sent back following a government advisory.
Invited by Delhi-based non-profit organisation Routes2Roots, the children had arrived in India along with their teachers on May 1, the day Indian Army’s Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh and BSF Head Constable Prem Sagar were killed and their bodies mutilated in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district.
“This is not an appropriate time for such exchanges’ was the advice conveyed to the NGO by the Centre,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay told the media here.
Besides a trip to Agra, the Pakistani children were to meet their Indian pen-friends and attend a host of programmes.
The NGO, hosting the exchange programme since 2004, said the visit was cut short due to flared diplomatic tensions and security concerns.
“Keeping in view the security aspect and the sentiments of fellow Indians, the delegation has been sent back to Lahore safely,” NGO founder Rakesh Gupta said.
Agencies