In hotline talk with Pak DGMO, India condemns ‘inhuman act’ of mutilation of soldiers

Pakistan Army said it hopes prudence is exercised and no steps are taken that may lead to the vitiating of the environment and affect peace along LoC.

By: News Desk |
May 2, 2017 2:43 pm

The top army commanders of India and Pakistan today talked over the hotline, a day after some Pakistani soldiers crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and beheaded two Indian security personnel. The hotline contact between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India was established at 11:30 AM, reported PTI.

According to the report, Pakistan refused to accept the charges levelled against it by India and said that their soldiers had neither crossed the LoC nor beheaded any Indian soldier. The DGMO-level contact came after the local commanders of the two armies spoke last night at Rawlakot-Poonch sector along the LoC.

“The local commander of the Pakistan Army told his Indian counterpart that no ceasefire violation was committed by Pakistan, the military’s Inter-Services Public Relations wing said in a statement.

The statement also said that Pakistan remains fully committed to maintaining peace and tranquillity along the LoC and expects the same from the other side.

The report suggests that the Pakistan Army said that it hopes prudence is exercised and no steps are taken that may lead to the vitiating of the environment and affect peace along LoC.

A junior commissioned officer (JCO) and a Border Security Force head constable were killed and their bodies mutilated by the Pakistan army team which sneaked about 250 metres into the Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan’s border action team (BAT) crossed into the Indian side as the Pakistan Army launched heavy rocket and mortar firing on two forward posts in the Krishna Ghati sector.

The incident evoked a sharp reaction from India with Defence Minister Arun Jaitley saying such attacks do not even take place during war and that the whole country has full faith in the armed forces.

“Bodies of soldiers being mutilated is an extreme form of barbaric act. Government of India strongly condemns this act. The whole country has full faith in our armed forces which will react appropriately to the act,” Jaitley had said.

(With PTI inputs)