New Delhi: The government on Wednesday ordered the BSF to give a befitting reply to any unprovoked firing from Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir after a jawan was killed by the border guarding force of the neighbouring country.
This was conveyed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Director General, Border Security Force D.K Pathak when the latter briefed him about the prevailing situation in Jammu frontier where Pakistani Rangers today fired on a BSF patrol party along the international border killing a jawan and injuring another.
“The Home Minister asked the DG, BSF to provide a suitable and appropriate reply for any such unprovoked firing,” an official statement said.
The DG BSF gave a detailed presentation to the Home Minister about the ceasefire violations by Pakistan Rangers in the Samba sector. He informed that firing stopped in the evening at the request of Pakistani Rangers for ceasefire by showing the white flag. He said the firing has stopped since then and the situation is totally under control. After the ceasefire violation by Pakistan in October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said Pakistan has been taught a “befitting lesson” with the army “shutting their mouth”. “Pakistan has got a befitting lesson. They will not dare to repeat it again. Our jawans have shut their mouth,” he had said.
