New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-Indian Army on Monday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Army over the killing of two of its Jawans, one of whom was beheaded. Army officials said in New Delhi that the Flag Meeting between Brigade Commanders of India and Pakistan lasted for around half an hour.
The Indian team was led by 10th Brigade, Krishnaghati Brigade Commander Brig. TS Sandhu in the meeting with the Pakistan Brigade Commander at Chakan da Bagh Crossing Point along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. Further details are awaited as the team is returning from the forward area.
Army lodged a strong protest with Pakistani side over the brutal, barbaric and inhuman killing of two of its Jawans after intrusion in Poonch sector on 8th January and also continued ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops.
The Indian Army had sent a hotline message to Pakistan Army on 11th January and called for a Brigade Commander-level Flag Meeting to discuss the issues of brutal killing of two Jawans after major intrusion by Pakistani troops of 29 Baloch Regiment and increasing incidents of firing and ceasefire violations in Poonch Sector.
Pakistan's High Commissioner Salman Bashir was earlier summoned in New Delhi by Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, who had lodged a strong protest over action of Pakistani Army in which the two soldiers were killed and their bodies were subjected to barbaric and inhuman mutilation.
Pakistan has suspended Cross-LoC trade and travel at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch Sector since Thursday and Friday.
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