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| Pak violates ceasefire again, India reacts sharply | | BSF : Pakistan should be ready for collateral damages if they fire | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 1 : In fresh ceasefire violation, Pakistan Rangers today targeted 13 border outposts in Samba sector, drawing sharp reaction from India, a day after an Indian jawan and four Pakistani soldiers were killed in exchange of fire.
India said it will launch a strong protest with Pakistan over the fresh ceasefire violations. Today's incident was the third ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the IB in the past three days and seventh in last eight days. "They (Pakistan) have violated the norms on international border. We are going to lodge strong protest to them (over ceasefire violation)," Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF) Rakesh Sharma told reporters here. "Pakistani rangers resorted to firing on 12 to 13 BoPs along the IB in Samba sector overnight," Sharma said today. "The BSF also retaliated, resulting in exchanges which continued till 0600 hours today, the IG said. "There was no causality or injury to anyone in the firing today," Sharma said.
Asserting that BSF never fires "first" towards the Pakistan side along the International Border, the force today said the neighbouring country should be ready to suffer collateral damages if the Indian side retaliates.
"If Pakistan rangers fire on us, we will also fire on them. If they suffer collateral damages (in our action), they (Pakistan) should be ready for that," Inspector General (IG) of BSF, Jammu Frontier, Rakesh Sharma told reporters here today.
Sharma was speaking to media persons at a function held to pay homage to constable Shri Ram Gawaria who died yesterday when Pakistan violated ceasefire along International Border (IB) in Samba sector by firing on a BSF patrol party.
Four Pakistan rangers were killed in retaliatory firing by BSF. Asked whether there were instructions from the Centre to give befitting reply to Pakistan, the IG said, "There were already clear instructions in the past as also this time and will continue in future too."
"But we never open fire on Pakistan first. You have seen that we have never fired first on the Pakistan on IB. If we are being fired upon, we will not sit silent. We will retaliate," the IG said. The IG termed yesterday's firing by Pakistan as an act of frustration. "See how Pakistan rangers have snipped the patrol party of BSF. This is utter frustration of Pakistan as they are not getting an opportunity to infiltrate into this side."
Asked about the reason behind the continuance of the firing incidents from across the border, Sharma said, "Whenever there is an internal problem in Pakistan, they try to engineer ceasefire violations in a bid to divert attention of its general public there- both on LoC and International Border. This is their deliberate conspiracy."
"It is beyond our comprehension why Pakistan is resorting to firing on our borders. One reason is that their internal disturbances as their internal situation is very bad in wake of terror attacks there and may be to divert the attention of the public," he added. |
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