Infiltration Bid: MEA Summons Pak HC Official Over 3 Jawans’ Death

India asked Pakistan to take custody of the dead bodies of 2 Pakistani intruders killed during an infiltration bid.

Three Indian soldiers were killed during the infiltration bid on Sunday. Image used for representation.

(Photo: Reuters)

The Ministry of Expternal Affairs, on Tuesday, summoned a senior Pakistani High Commission official in New Delhi over the death of three Army personnel during an infiltration bid on Sunday.

According to a press release from the ministry, India has asked Pakistan to take custody of the dead bodies of two Pakistani intruders killed during the attack.

The ministry, in the press release, called the attack an infiltration bid, further indicating the country's concern over the incidents of unprovoked cross-border ceasefire violations.

“It was informed that two Pakistani armed intruders have been killed by the Indian security forces during the ensuing firefight and the Government of Pakistan take custody of the dead bodies of its nationals. Ministry condemned in the strongest terms such provocative action by Pakistan, which reveals their complicity in aiding and abetting terrorism and exposes the hollowness of Pakistan’s deceitful claims to promote constructive engagement and desire for peace.”

MEA Statement

The ministry also said that despite repeated calls for restraint and adherence to the ceasefire understanding of 2003 for maintaining peace and tranquillity, Pakistan forces have carried out 1,591 incidents of unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC and IB in 2018 so far.

Two heavily-armed Pakistani intruders and three Indian soldiers were killed on Sunday, 21 October, in a gunfight after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir.