New Delhi: Union home minister Rajnath Singh Monday condemned the cross-border firing by Pakistan in which four Indian soldiers, including a Captain, were killed, saying Army shall ‘give a proper reply’ to the neighbour.
“Have full faith in the valour of our soldiers, and they shall give a proper reply,” Singh told reporters. Earlier, minister of state for home affairs Hansraj Ahir also condemned Sunday’s ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Poonch districts saying that it shall “cost Pakistan dearly”.
Meanwhile, Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said India will continue to give a “befitting reply” and its action will speak for itself. The Pakistani Army has been supporting infiltration by terrorists along the border, Vice Chief Chand said. “We will continue with our process of giving a befitting reply,” he told reporters.
“(Our) action will speak for itself,” he added in response to a question on Sunday’s incident.
Four Army personnel, including a 22-year-old captain, were killed Sunday in the Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri districts.
“We have been responding appropriately,” he said. “There has been cross-border shelling from their (Pakistan’s) side. And one of the shells landed near the officer and his men, leading to the casualties,” he said when asked about yesterday’s shelling.
Captain Kapil Kundu, a resident of village Ransika in Haryana’s Gurgaon district, was killed just six days before his 22nd birthday, Army officials said.
Pak fears attack on CPEC installations
Islambad: India may target the installations of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in a bid to sabotage the multi-billion project, a media report quoted Pakistan’s interior ministry as saying. The ministry has informed the Gilgit-Baltistan’s home department that India has made a plan to attack the installations on Karakoram Highway, Dawn newspaper reported. The ministry has issued directives for making foolproof security arrangements to avoid any untoward incident.
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