Indian Army Kills 7 Pak Soldiers Along LoC In 'Retaliatory Action'

The Indian Army on Monday carried out a "retaliatory action" against Pakistan army killing 7 soldiers and injuring 4 others in forward areas along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, said the Army.

The action comes after an Indian solider was killed in Pakistani firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Saturday.

"Army has carried out retaliation against Pakistani troops across Jaglote area along the LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch district", a senior Army officer told PTI.

"In the retaliatory action, there were seven fatal causalities to Pakistani troops and four others injured," he said.

The Government of Pakistan has however confirmed "martyrdom of four soldiers" in an "unprovoked firing" from the Indian side. The Dawn  quoted the Inter-Services Public Relations as saying that three Indian soldiers were killed and a "few injured" in an exchange of fire. We could not confirm the report.

The report comes a day after Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat had said in an interview to the PTI, that there was room for ramping up heat on Pakistan to cut the flow of cross border terror activities, clearly indicating that the Army will continue its policy of hot pursuit in dealing with militancy.

Gen Rawat, who has followed a hard-line approach in tackling terrorism, said the armed forces operating in the state cannot be "status quoist" and must evolve new strategies and tactics to deal with the situation.

In an interview to PTI, the Army chief said, "The political initiative and all the other initiatives must go simultaneously hand-in-hand and only if all of us function in synergy, we can bring lasting peace in Kashmir. It has to be a politico-military approach that we have to adopt."

With PTI Inputs