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Is Indian Minister hinting that Indian Army may have conducted yet another strike in Pakistan?

Is Indian Minister hinting that Indian Army may have conducted yet another strike in Pakistan?

NEW DELHI – India’s Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has hinted thatIndian Army may have conducted another surgical strike against Pakistan

He has claimed that ‘something big’ has happened against Pakistan in thepast two days, but he won’t disclose it yet.

The Indian home minister made the remarks at a small Muzaffarnagargathering. He made the statement in the context of the killing of a BorderSecurity Force (BSF) soldier along the Line of Control (LoC) allegedly byPakistan troops, reported *India Todaylink*.

Rajnath Singh indicated that Indian forces ‘may have hit Pakistani’ targetsacross the border to avenge the ‘killing of a BSF soldier’.

“Something has happened, I won’t disclose it now. Whatever has happened,has happened for the good. Trust me, something big has happened two-threedays ago. And you will also see what happens in future,” Rajnath saidreferring to the killing of Narendra Singh.

“I have told the BSF jawans, don’t fire the first bullet, as they are ourneighbours. But if they fire the first one, don’t count the number ofbullets you fire back,” Rajnath said.

BSF sources “confirmed” inflicting “significant” loss of life on thePakistani side, the Indian publication claimed. The alleged killingprompted an alert along the Line of Control and the international borderwith the Indian army chief delivering a pugnacious statement calling for‘another surgical strike’.

Earlier, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat had called for anothersurgical strike against “terrorists”, adding that the situation at theborder with Pakistan won’t improve unless the Pakistan government cancontrol its military and its intelligence service.