New Delhi: Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Tuesday accused Pakistan of supporting proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir despite suffering casualties in its own backyard.
Commenting on the ceasefire violations, General Suhag said that the Army neutralised 104 terrorists in 2014. He added that Paksitan has shifted its focus to the International border (IB) as the Line of Control (LoC) is heavily guarded by the Army.
The Army's top commander maintained that his men were free to take any action while operating on the ground. He asserted that the Army will maintain zero tolearnce approach towards human rights violations by its personnel.
General Suhag also said that the reaction time in a 26/11-type situation will be less.
The Indian Army had in December blamed the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the deadly terror attack in Kashmir which killed eight soldiers and three policemen.
India has maintained that it wants normal relations with Pakistan and repeatedly asked its immediate neighbour not to resort to ceasefire violations.
More than 10,000 residents of border villages in Samba and Kathua districts were shifted to makeshift camps away from their homes following indiscriminate shelling of civilian habitations by Pakistan earlier this month.
On the issue of Chinese intrusions, the Army Chief said that the face-off between both the Asian giants is beacuse of no demarcation on the Line of Actual Contol.
General Suhag added that New Delhi was following the policy of engagement and confidence building measures, which have proven to be effective.
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