New Delhi: Soon after exchange of fire along the Line of Control, India Friday clearly told Pakistan that its Army reserved the right to retaliate appropriately to any incident leading to loss of life of its troop.
The message was conveyed by Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen AK Bhatt to his counterpart from Pakistan Maj Gen Sahir Shamshed Mirza when they spoke over hotline after the firing, an Army release said here.
He said Indian Army was making all efforts to maintain peace and tranquility along the LoC provided there was a reciprocal effort from Pakistan.
Lt Gen Bhatt rejected Pakistan’s allegation that Indian troops were targeting civilians in firing, saying that all ceasefire violations in the Jammu Sector were initiated by Pak Rangers and the BSF troops deployed only responded appropriately to them.
Apart from these, BSF troops resorted to firing at armed intruders attempting to infiltrate from close proximity of Pak posts along Amritsar Border, he said.
The DGMO also put across emphatically that the trend of infiltration along the LoC continued with active support of Pak forward posts impacting peace and tranquility along the LoC and also the internal security situation.
”This was evident from continued attempts of sniping and targeting of our troops undertaken through cross-border actions duly supported by Pak Army troops,” he said.
