Pakistani Rangers resumed firing and shelling on at least a dozen of BSF posts and as many border villages this week. From January 20, they have resorted to intermittent firing mortars that have landed in the town of Arnia. More than 40 houses have been damaged and three persons injured by splinters. Arnia town in RS Pura is bearing the brunt. The major infiltration attempts by terrorists under the cover of shelling have been foiled along the IB.
It is clear that the main purpose of Pakistani Rangers firing are firstly to scare the border population away from the border which would help them in infiltrating the terrorists, and secondly it is to give cover to the terrorists who are ready along the border to sneak into our territory. Our security forces, are responding to Pak firing befittingly. Our security forces are forced to retaliate in self-defence. At least 10 terrorists are reported to have tired to infiltrate along the LoC/IB in Samba and Kathua area but alert security forces foiled their bid. Tooth for tooth and eye for eye is the policy our troops have adopted. It has been necessitated by utterly irresponsible role of Pakistani Rangers. Cease fire violation by Pakistan is now an old story and Pakistan has given ample proof that it no more would respect the agreement. We have no urgency of asking Pak to respect it if she is not willing to do so. That is the least we can do with a rogue State.
It should be clear to Pakistan that she cannot realize any objective in Kashmir through these antics. All that she is doing is inflicting unwanted and uncalled for suffering, injury and death on innocent people along the border. Terrorists who sneak into our territory after going through so many hazards will be liquidated as has been done in the past. We will be forced to respond perhaps more forcefully and yet against our wishes.
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