According to the top Indian Army Forces, the special operation forces, who crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday night during the surgical strikes on terror launch pads returned “with not one scratch”, reported NDTV.
The NDTV report said that Indian Army Force entirely denied Pakistani media reports, which claimed that eight soldiers were killed and one captured alive during the raids in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. Army officials have informed that the images that are circulation on Pakistani TV channels showing Indian casualties are doctored or morphed clips and “absolutely fake”, added the report.
Only one soldier has “minor injuries” from stepping on a mine once back on the Indian side of the Line of Control, NDTV quoted its sources.
According to the report, Chandu Babulal Chohan, a 22-year-old soldier from Maharashtra, who is now in Pakistani custody, strayed into PoK “inadvertently”and he is unconnected to the operation, sources in the military said.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that “all attempts” are being made to free the soldier, who has reportedly been moved to an undisclosed location. Lt General Ranbir Singh, the army’s head of military operations, has called his Pakistani counterpart on the hotline used by top commanders to demand the soldier’s return as is done routinely in such circumstances “through established mechanisms.”
Nearly 200 specially-trained soldiers moved between 500 metres and 2 kilometres across the LoC targetted seven terrorist bases, which were preparing attacks on India.
Pakistan has denied the surgical strikes took place, acknowledging only that there was cross-border firing on Wednesday night. Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif is quoted in Pakistan media as saying that India should offer evidence of its surgical strikes.
Indian sources say the strikes were filmed, in part by drones, and a decision on releasing evidence shall be a tactical one based on how Pakistan responds in the next few days, said the NDTV report.
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