Amid the latest spike in incidents of cross-border firing, sniper hearth and IED assaults by Pakistan alongside the Line of Management (LoC), India and Pakistan are holding a flag assembly at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district on Friday.
Amid the latest spike in incidents of cross-border firing, sniper hearth and IED assaults by Pakistan alongside the Line of Management (LoC), India and Pakistan are holding a flag assembly at Chakan-da-Bagh in Poonch district on Friday. (HT file photograph)
“A brigadier is heading the Indian delegation. The talks are being held at the Poonch-Rawalkote meeting point on the LoC. The Indian delegation will clearly tell the Pakistani officers to desist from vitiating peace on the LoC by resorting to sniper fire, IED attacks and trying to push in terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir,” a defence supply stated. “The Indian side will also make it clear that though India wants peace on the borders but if Pakistan continued its mischievous activities and provokes the Indian Army, we reserve the right to retaliate,” the supply added.
Two military personnel, together with captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi, have been killed in an improvised explosive gadget (IED) assault carried out by suspected terrorists within the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu area on February 11.
The Individuals’s Anti-Fascist Entrance (PAFF), an offshoot of Jaish-e-Mohammad, had claimed accountability for the assault in a video clip launched on social media.
Two troopers have been injured in cross-border firing alongside the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts, whereas one other military personnel was injured in a landmine explosion final week.
The Indian Military’s retaliatory motion additionally resulted in “heavy casualties” on the Pakistani facet.
Ceasefire violations alongside the borders of Jammu and Kashmir have been uncommon since India and Pakistan renewed the ceasefire settlement on February 25, 2021.
On Monday, Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha had stated that the military was responding befittingly and added that clear instructions have been issued to the safety forces to go full throttle to wipe out terrorism at any value.
After Captain Bakshi and Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas have been killed in an IED blast close to the LoC in Akhnoor on February 11, Sinha had chaired two back-to-back safety overview conferences at Srinagar and Jammu on February 12 and 13 with high officers. Nevertheless, chief minister Omar Abdullah was not invited to each the conferences.
On February 13, shut on the heels of a ceasefire violation by Pakistan within the Bhimber Gali sector alongside the Line of Management (LoC) in Poonch sector, India had hit again strongly inflicting heavy losses to the Pakistan military within the Krishna Ghati sector.
An intelligence official stated that Pakistan has been making an attempt to vitiate peace alongside the LoC by resorting to cross-border firing, sniper hearth and finishing up IED blasts with an purpose to focus on Indian troopers.
On February 10, the overall officer commanding of the Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant Normal Navin Sachdeva, had reviewed “hostile activities” alongside the LoC in Rajouri district.