New Delhi, Sep 22: The Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan held talks over the hotline on Friday, during which Pakistan raised the issue of alleged targeting of its civilians by India along the Line of Control (LoC).
“During the talks, Pakistan DGMO Maj. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza raised the issue of targeting of Pak civilians opposite the Jammu sector by Indian troops,” the Army said in a statement.
The DGMO talks was requested by the Pakistan army.
Earlier in the day, the Inter-Services Public Relations claimed that six civilians were killed and 26 injured in alleged Indian shelling along the LoC in the Jammu sector.
In response, Indian DGMO Lt. Gen. A.K Bhatt pointed out that all Cease-Fire Violations (CFV) in the Jammu sector were initiated by Pakistan Rangers and the Border Security Force (BSF) troops deployed “only responded appropriately to them”.
“It was also emphasised that no targeted firing on civilians was carried out by Indian troops. Apart from these, firing by BSF troops was initiated onto armed intruders attempting to infiltrate from close proximity of Pakistan posts along the Amritsar border,” the statement said.
Lt. Gen. Bhatt also stated that the trend of infiltration along the LoC continued with support of Pakistani forward posts.
“This was evident from continued attempts of sniping and targeting of our troops undertaken through cross-border actions duly supported by Pakistan army troops,” the statement said.
As per practice, there is a weekly discussion between officials of the Military Operations directorate every Tuesday, but the DGMOs speak only when one side requests a conversation.
Source The Hindu
