NEW DELHI : Second time after September 18 terrorists attack on an army camp at Uri, India summoned Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit today and confronted him with proof of cross-border origins of the ghastly attack that left 18 soldiers dead.
Official spokesperson of External Affairs Ministry Vikas Swarup said in a series of tweet that Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar called in the Pakistani envoy and handed him over details of guides, who helped the attackers to infiltrate into the Indian territory to carry attack on the administrative headquarters of the Uri infantry brigade.
Summoning of the envoy comes a day after Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused India of “self-generating” the Uri attack, with an intent to malign Islamabad.
Mr Jaishankar informed the envoy that the two guides who helped infiltration were apprehended by local villagers and were now in custody. Yasin Khurshid (19), resident of Khiliana Kalan, Muzzaffarabad and Faizal Hussain Awan (20), resident of Potha Jahangir of the same district, was captured by the villagers.
Mr Swarup said preliminary interrogation revealed identity of one of the slain Uri attackers. His name is Hafiz Ahmed, also belonging to Muzaffarabad. Hafiz was son of Feroz of Dharbang area.
This is for the first time that the Indian side presented proof of involvement of Pakistani nationals and name of their guides to Pakistan. Earlier, Mr Jaishankar had summoned Mr Basit on September 21, three days after the attack to convey India’s concerns.
He was informed that in the recent incidents, investigators have recovered a number of items, including GPS from the bodies of terrorists with coordinates that indicate the point and time of infiltration across the LoC and the subsequent route to the terror attack site; grenades with Pakistani markings; communication matrix sheets; communication equipment; and other stores made in Pakistan, including food, medicines and clothes.
The Foreign Secretary had also offered that if Pakistan wishes to investigate these cross-border attacks, India was ready to provide finger prints and DNA samples of terrorists killed in the Uri and Poonch incidents. (agencies)
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