Despite Islamabad’s rejection of Indian army claims that Pakistani soldiers killed two Indian soldiers across the Line of Control (LoC) and mutilated their bodies, Indian Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Sarath Chand said what the Indian Army “will do” could not be discussed in public, The Hindu reported on Wednesday.
“We will do it at the time and place of our choosing,” Chand threatened, speaking at a public event.
Earlier this week, the Indian army had alleged that Pakistani forces fired rockets and mortar bombs at two Indian posts across the LoC and mutilated the bodies of two soldiers on patrol. The allegation was strongly refuted by the Pakistan Army.
“They said today their forces have not done it. Then who has done it? They have done it and they have to take responsibility and face the consequences,” Chand accused, disregarding Pakistan’s dismissal of the claims.
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit was also summoned by the Indian foreign ministry to register a ‘strong protest’ against the mutilation of the soldiers, The Economic Times reported.
The situation along the LoC has been tense, notwithstanding a truce agreement signed by the two sides in November 2003, particularly after the September 2016 attack by suspected militants on an Indian army base in Uri, which had left 18 Indian soldiers dead.
After the attack, India claimed that its troops had conducted surgical strikes across the LoC, but the claim was rejected by Pakistan.
Ever since, a number of civilian and military casualties have occurred on both sides of the divide in cross-border shelling and firing incidents.
Interestingly, in January 2013, India had made a similar allegation that Pakistani troops had killed and mutilated two Indian soldiers in Mendhar sector, but investigations by Pakistan Army had found no evidence of the deaths.
Did the pakistani soldiers crosse the LOC and mutilate the bodies or was it a surgical strike across the border?. One does not mutilate bodies of brave men. It is primitive!
Its true that pak army is not involved init directly, but as a well oil machined nexus between its terror regiments
First they tried with pushtoon, then with jihadists, mujahedeen, even tried via Chinese, now it has turned its eyes on its hordes residing in Jk ie.
In disguise of Indian citizens, students, woman protesters ,but it would be best in part of Muslim population if they don’t want their species to be depreciated, because from onwards shoot on sight
503…. one has to be a bafoon to believe what you have written.
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