Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 28: After firing for three consecutive nights on forward Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch sector, Pakistani troops have instead blamed Indian Army for the firing and refused to take calls on hotline for the flag meeting.
An Army officer said after resorting to heavy firing on forward Indian positions for three consecutive nights, Pakistan Army asked the Indian troops to stop the firing.
“It was Pakistan Army, which resorted to heavy firing on Indian positions on November 25, 26 and 27 nights at a number of forward posts in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district. At the same time, they started asking the Indian troops on the hotline to stop firing”, he added.
According to him, the Indian side had given only calibrated response to Pakistan firing to silence their guns and neutralize attempts of the infiltration by the militants under the cover of firing from across the Line of Control (LoC).
No flag meeting has been held in Krishna Ghati sector after the firing so far in view of “indifferent attitude” of Pakistani troops, who instead of admitting the blame for unprovoked firing, were trying to shift it on the Indian side, official sources said.
They said there were three reasons for heavy firing by the Pakistani troops. One, the completion of nine years of ceasefire agreement. Second, the execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab involved in 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and third, the facilitation of infiltration attempts by the militants into this side.
“The firing showed frustration on all three counts of Pakistan Army”, sources said.
Though there was no firing from Pakistan side today, sources said, Army has been maintaining high alert all along the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector and other forward areas of Poonch district to thwart infiltration attempts by the militants from Pakistan side.
There had been reports that the militants could try to take advantage of dense fog, which would engulf most of the areas on the LoC and International Border in the upcoming two months of winter, to infiltrate into this side.
A number of militants were waiting across the LoC and IB to intrude into this side but were finding it impossible in view of strict surveillance maintained by Army and BSF and installation of sophisticated gadgetry to detect movement of militants even during the foggy weather conditions, sources said, adding the few left out militants on this side were sending frequent messages across the LoC to their mentors to push men and machinery into this side.
As reported, Army and BSF have already installed their sophisticated equipments at LoC and IB to ensure that the militants didn’t manage to infiltrate into this side taking cover of fog and if they tried their movement was detected well in time.
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