NEW DELHI: The Pakistan India bilateral ties seem to touch a new low after the fresh episode of allegations from the Indian government over the mutilation of the two Indian Army soldiers on the Line of Control.
Indian Army had blamed that Pakistan Army has entered 250 meters inside the Indian Territory from the Line of Control and ambushed a patrol of Indian Army consisting of 7 to 8 soldiers. Indian Army had claimed that Pakistan Army team had mutilated the two soldiers bodies.
Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday hinted at “retaliatory action” against Pakistan ─ which New Delhi blames for the killing and mutilation of Indian army soldiers across the Line of Control (LoC) earlier this week ─ despite Islamabad’s repeated rejection of the allegations.
Speaking on the sidelines of an event, Gen Rawat while referring to the earlier incident said, “When this kind of action takes place, we also carry out retaliatory action.”
“We do not talk about future plans beforehand. We share details after execution of the plan,” he said.
The Indian army has beefed up its counter-infiltration postures near the LoC, the Indian army chief said.
“Terrorists are trying to infiltrate. Snows are melting, summer months have started. Like each year, infiltration will commence. We are taking measures. We have beefed up our counter-infiltration postures.”
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.