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| Rocket attack: BSF says retaliation option is open | | | AGENCIES
Dhandae/Bhairwal: BSF officers who inspected Dhandae and Bhairwal, the two villages in Punjab near the international border at Attari that saw rockets fired from Pakistan territory land in its fields, leaving deep craters, said that the option of retaliation was always open.
‘‘In case it (the rockets) came from a particular direction, we too can’t be silent spectators. We can take action and we will take action in case there is something to it.’’
But even as the BSF’s anxiety and discomfiture was plainly visible, officers said
“BSF can always retaliate, but we would not like to escalate the situation just like that,’’ said M L Kumawat, DG, BSF, as he looked at the holes made by the missiles, apparently launched by an as yet unnamed Pakistan terror group. Exercising restraint too was important and they would not want the situation to escalate, he said.
‘‘We will have to at least wait till the time Pakistan gives its report on the incident before doing anything,’’ Kumawat said, adding Islamabad had denied any hand in the incident.
‘Now that Pakistani authorities have maintained they had nothing to do with it, we will wait for them to take action and, in case they don’t do anything about it, we will think of a suitable action by us. Pakistan has been told to investigate the matter and asked to take adequate steps so that such incidents dont happen in future,’ he said.
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