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India asks Pak army to take back intruders’ bodies

P L Uniyal. Dated: 10/23/2018 4:47:36 PM

‘Restrain terrorists from operating from Pak soil’

NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Having killed armed intruders from Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Jammu on Sunday, the Army Monday issued a ‘stern warning’ to the Pakistan army asking it to “restrain terrorists from operating from its soil.”
It also asked the Pakistan military to take back bodies of two “intruders” from that country who were killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control in Sunderbani sector of Jammu on Sunday, official sources said.
Sources in New Delhi said, “Since the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of both sides had spoken in May and agreed to uphold the November 2003 ceasefire, there had been seven infiltration bids foiled by the army in which 23 terrorists had been killed.”
“The army has been maintaining utmost restraint to uphold the ceasefire at the LoC despite regular provocative actions from across the border,” authorities here claimed.
“The Pakistan army is trying to send terrorists across the border,” they added. Army sources cited internal reports to suggest that a large number of militants were waiting at launch pads in the Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK) desperate to infiltrate before the onset of snow.
Also, the Pakistan army has been informed through established communication channels to take the bodies of the hostile Pakistani nationals killed at the LoC on Sunday, sources said.
Two of the intruders were wearing combat fatigues. ‘Established communication channels’ is a military term for existing telephonic contacts that connect military commanders on either side.
“Around 1.30 PM on Sunday, five to six Pakistani armed intruders crossed the LoC and fired at an army patrol in the Sunderbani sector of Jammu region. Three army jawans were killed and another was injured in the unprovoked cross-border action by Pakistan. During the ensuing crossfire two intruders were killed. Their identity could not be ascertained,” army had said.
“Pakistan army has been vigorously attempting to send terrorists across the LoC and seven infiltration bids have been foiled by the Indian army since May 30, in which 23 terrorists have been killed. Reports suggest concentration of a large number of terrorists in launch pads across the border and they are desperate to infiltrate into India before the onset of winter,” sources added.