(DJ)
India told Pakistan’s envoy on Wednesday there is “sufficient evidence”, including a blood trail leading across the Line of Control, to prove Pakistani troops entered the Indian side, beheaded two soldiers and went back.
Foreign secretary S Jaishankar summoned Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit at noon and informed him during a brief meeting of India’s “outrage at the killing and barbaric act of mutilation of the bodies of the two soldiers…by Pakistan Army personnel”, external affairs ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said.
The killing and mutilation of the two soldiers on Monday sparked widespread anger, with their families and many political leaders demanding similar action against the neighbouring country.
The message from Jaishankar to the Pakistani envoy was blunt – the Indian government considers the mutilation “a strong act of provocation and in contravention to all norms of civilised conduct”, and wants “immediate action” against the Pakistani soldiers and commanders responsible for the act.
