NEW DELHI, May 1: Pakistan killing two soldiers and mutilating their bodies is an extreme form of barbarism and the armed forces will react to it appropriately, India said today while strongly condemning the “inhuman” act.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said the whole country has full confidence and faith in its armed forces and that the sacrifice of the two soldiers will not go in vain, an assertion seen as a warning to Pakistan.
“Two of our soldiers in the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch have been killed and their bodies mutilated by our neighbour. This is a reprehensible and an inhuman act. Such attacks don’t even take place during war, let alone during peace time.
“Bodies of soldiers being mutilated is an extreme form of barbaric act,” the Defence Minister said.
Under the cover of heavy mortar fire, a Pakistani special forces team sneaked 250 metres across the Line of Control (LoC) into the Poonch sector and beheaded two Indian security personnel today, officials said in Jammu.
“The Government of India strongly condemns this act and the whole country has full confidence and faith in our armed forces which will react appropriately to this inhuman act. The sacrifice of these two soldiers will not go in vain,” Jaitley said.
Demanding a tit-for-tat response, BJP MP R K Singh, a former Union Home Secretary, said,”Pakistan understands only one language and therefore we need to kill more Pakistani soldiers and give them the same treatment.”
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, by engaging in such action, Pakistan was scripting its own destruction.
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury condemned Pakistan but added that the Government should set its own house in order first and not let such incidents happen.
Yechury said such action by Pakistan’s special forces should not be tolerated, but added, “we should also not give them the opportunity for such things to happen. We need to set our own house in order.”
He said eventually all matters (relating to the restive State) would have to be resolved diplomatically and that the Government should consult the opposition which was kept in the dark about issues between the two countries.
BJP’s national spokesperson Nalin Kohli said it appears that “inhumanity and barbarism” has become the norm in Pakistan.
“This act will not go unpunished as under Prime Minister Narendra Modi the Army has not been restrained from responding to Pakistan’s unprovoked ceasefire violations,” he said. (PTI)
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