The Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) informed in a press briefing on Thursday that, Indian Army has carried out 8 surgical strikes on terror launch pads at the LoC on Wednesday night.
The security forces of India acted after they got the intelligence input about terrorists preparing to launch strikes against India. 38 terrorists were eliminated during the operation.
“Indian Army recovered GPS and materials that have Pakistan markings. Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads on the LoC, significant casualties have been caused. Despite persistent urges to Pakistan to not allow territory under its control to not be used for terrorist activities nothing was done. I spoke to the Pak DGMO, shared our concerns and told him that we conducted surgical strikes last night,” said the DGMO Lt General Ranbir Singh in the press briefing.
“There were launch pads at the LoC where terrorists were present waiting to infiltrate the nation and attack areas in Kashmir and metros across the country,” the DGMO said.
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