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Army response to ceasefire violations in J&K firm, focused 10/9/2014 10:41:54 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 9: Amid increasing ceasefire violations from across the Line of Control (LoC) on the Jammu side, a senior Army officer today said the situation was "stable" on this side but the Army's response would be "firm and focused" whenever there are any such attempts. "On the Kashmir side, we had two ceasefire violations. One on September 30 and October 1 night and the second time was on the October 3 and 4. After that the situation has been stable," General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen Subrata Saha said. He said though the areas on the LoC in Kashmir Valley have not witnessed ceasefire violations in the same manner as in Jammu region, the army would respond in a very firm and focused manner if such things take place here. "I can comment about what is happening in the Kashmir region and not in Jammu. And in the Kashmir region, we haven't had any such instances (of firing on civilian areas) and wherever occasions have come, I maintain that the response has to be very firm, it has to be focused. "I maintain that whatever happens on the LoC, as in such ceasefire violations, they are tactical actions and are best dealt with tactically," he said. The Army commander said ceasefire violations have "localized dynamics" and it was important to see through both the causes of the violations and the effects of the response. "Ceasefire violations have localized dynamics and the response has to be very firm, focused and, I should think, it has to be effect-based. Equally it is important that we see through the causes and the effects both," he said. Asked whether BSF was effectively dealing with the ceasefire violations in certain sensitive areas along the LoC and International Border (IB), Lt Gen Saha said "as far as the Kashmir region is concerned, on the LoC, the BSF battalions operate as part of the army. So the arrangement in Kashmir is pretty fine".   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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