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Pakistanis kill two Indian soldiers, tension heightens
Tuesday January 08, 2013 07:49:52 PM,
IANS
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Jammu/New Delhi: In a
brazen violation of the ceasefire, Pakistani troops intruded into
Jammu and Kashmir and killed two Indian soldiers by slitting their
throats, officials said.
Pakistani soldiers, apparently from the 29 Baloch regiment, took
advantage of a dense fog to sneak into an Indian post in Sona Gali
area in the border district of Poonch.
Poonch Deputy Commissioner A.K. Sahu said the Pakistanis killed
the two Indian soldiers and wounded a third. "(The) Pakistani
soldiers ... slit the throats of two army soldiers."
Army sources told IANS that the Pakistani troops took away the
weapons of the dead Indian soldiers: Sudhakar Singh and Hemraj of
13 Rajputana Rifles.
The sources said the Pakistanis reached the post since it was
located close to the fence near the LoC, which divides Kashmir
between India and Pakistan.
The Indian Army has erected a three-tier fence in Indian territory
running along the LOC. The fence is about 500 metres to two
kilometres inside Indian territory and seeks to prevent Pakistani
intrusion.
But the Pakistanis sneaked in using the fog in the forested area
as a cover, an army spokesman said.
"The (Indian) patrol spotted them and engaged the intruders" for
about half hour after which the Pakistani troops retreated, he
said.
The official termed the intrusion and killings as "yet another
grave provocation by the Pakistan Army".
He said the latest attack was being taken up "sternly through
official channels".
The report of the Pakistani attack -- which has the potential to
derail India-Pakistan relations -- came soon after India told
Pakistan "to ensure that the sanctity of LoC is upheld at all
times".
Also Tuesday, Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
visited Sialkot and asked the army to remain "fully prepared to
respond to the full spectrum of threats, direct or indirect, overt
or covert".
He said Pakistan was putting in place a new concept of war
fighting "evolved and validated in the Azm-e-Nau (New Resolve)
series of war games and exercises", the Associated Press of
Pakistan reported.
The Indian external affairs ministry denied that Indian troops
crossed the LoC in Rampur sector or violated the ceasefire in
force since 2003 in the area as claimed by Islamabad.
"India is committed to the sanctity of LoC," he said, calling it
the most important part of the India-Pakistan confidence-building
measures.
"We call upon the Pakistan authorities to ensure that the sanctity
of the LoC is upheld at all times and to ensure that such
incidents of unprovoked firing do not recur."
The spokesman was referring to an earlier incident which Pakistan
says involved firing by Indian troops that left one of their
soldiers dead.
India says that the director generals of military operation of
both countries were in touch over the earlier firing.
New Delhi says it were the Pakistani who triggered the earlier gun
battle.
Their "unprovoked firing on Indian troops" damaged the roof of a
house in Churunda village. "Indian troops undertook controlled
retaliation in response."
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