AGENCY
NEW DELHI: Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen AK Bhatt on Monday told his Pakistani counterpart that India would take ‘appropriate retaliatory action’ to any Pak-Army-abetted infiltration of terrorists and firing from across the Line of Control (LoC).
Referring to the situation along the 749 km-long LoC that divides the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Lt Gen Bhatt conveyed his commitment to ensuring peace and tranquillity along the LoC saying it was contingent on the Pak Army’s intentions and actions.
“If Pak Army continues to abet infiltration and cause trans-LoC firings, Indian Army will take appropriate retaliatory action,” an Indian Army statement said while quoting the DGMO.
The DGMOs spoke to each other over the phone hotline on between New Delhi and Rawalpindi on Monday morning. The talk was not the weekly talk the two sides have’ the Pak DGMO had requested for the DGMO-level talk.
The Indian side highlighted the ‘needless escalations’ by the Pak Army along the LoC.
The Pak DGMO raised the matter of civilians being hit on his side, to which the Indian DGMO said, “The Indian Army will not harm civilians in any manner.
