New Delhi: Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Sunday said that 6-10 Pakistani soldiers and same number of terrorists were killed and three camps have been destroyed after Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to indiscriminate firing early this morning in which two soldiers and a civilian were killed and three villagers were injured in Tangdhar sector in the frontier district of Kupwara.
Talking to reporters here, Gen Rawat said, “On the basis of reports that we have been getting, 6-10 Pakistani soldiers have been killed, 3 camps have been destroyed. Similar number of terrorists have also been killed.
Indian troops used Artillery guns to target militant launch pads near LoC.
The Army Chief said, “Ever since Article 370 was abrogated from J&K, we have been getting repeated inputs of infiltration by terrorists from across the border to disturb peace & harmony in the state.”
He also accused some people of destabilising the state.
“Gradually things are returning to normalcy in valley but obviously there is somebody who is working behind the scenes at behest of terrorists and agencies that are some within and some outside country in Pakistan and PoK, who're trying to disrupt peaceful atmosphere,” he added.
He said that the Indian Army had information that terrorists were inching towards Indian camps in Jammu and Kashmir.
“Of late, we had info that terrorists are coming closer to camps in the forward areas. In last 1 month, we have seen repeated attempts from different sectors to infiltrate terrorists,” Gen Rawat said.
He also said that a severe damage was done to terrorists infrastructure across LoC.
According to an Indian Army spokesperson, one civilian, identified as Mohd Sadiq (55) was killed in the firing. The injured have been identified as Mohd Maqbool (70), Mohd Shafi (50) and Yusuf Hamid (22).
Since January 1 this year 2317 ceasefire violations were committed by Pakistan till October 10.
147 terrorists were killed in different operations on the Line of Control and hinterland.
