According to latest news, India has summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir to report their protest over the violation of ceasefire and killing of two Indian Army soldiers by Pakistani Army.
It is said in reports that the External Affairs Ministry, Defence Ministry and Intelligence agencies are keeping close eye on the Indo-Pak LoC situation.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani army had attacked an Indian army post in Poonch and one Indian soldier was dead and other was injured.
Reacting on this, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid called it ‘inhuman’ and ‘ghastly’. He said, “It is Absolutely Unacceptable, seems like a clear attempt to derail dialogue. Ghastly incident. This is inhuman. Extremely Myopic by Pakistan. This is not how civilized people behave, specially a neighbour. Extremely distressing. We need answers from Pakistani side. We will take it up.”
Further, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari tweeted, “Pakistan must respect rules of engagement and the ceasefire agreement. How can we tolerate mutilation of our braves. Redlines must be drawn.” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also tweeted, “Violation of the cease fire is bad enough, to resort to mutilating soldiers is unacceptable in any civilised society.”
The Defence Ministry called it a challenging action, and said in its statement, “The government of India considers the incident as a provocative action and we condemn it. DGMOs the two countries are in touch over it. The government will take up the incident with the Pakistan government. We expect Islamabad to honour the ceasefire agreement strictly.”
In past few days, high number of Pakistani army soldiers violated ceasefire norms and crossed Line of Control [LoC] in Mendhar Sector and killed two Indian soldiers and injured one more.
Statement released by Indian Army said, “A group of their regular soldiers intruded across the Line of Control in the Mendhar Sect on 08 Jan 2013. Pakistan Army troops, having taken advantage of thick fog and mist in the forested area, were moving towards own posts when an alert area domination patrol spotted and engaged the intruders. The fire fight between Pakistan and own troops continued for approximately half an hour after which the intruders retreated back towards their side of Line of Control.”
Talking about the firing incident at Poonch sector, Indian Army officials said, “We deny that Indian forces violated the ceasefire and did infiltration. The sanctity of ceasefire on LoC should be upheld.”
