Pakistan will have to pay for its misadventures, warns Nirmala Sitharaman
Zulfikar Majid, DH News Service, Srinagar, Feb 12 2018, 20:43 IST
I visited the injured in the Military hospital in Jammu and found about their condition, Sitharaman told reporters here today. PTI Photo
Asserting that Pakistan will pay for its misadventures in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman on Monday said that India will respond to the neighbouring country's aggression "adequately and at an appropriate time".
"The attack on the military station at Sunjuwan in Jammu was carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad and the perpetrators were sponsored by Azhar Masood residing in Pakistan and deriving support from there. The terrorists who attacked Jammu army camp enjoyed some local support and had handlers across the border," the defence minister said while addressing a press conference in Jammu after visiting the terror attack spot.
"All the evidence (related to the terror attack) have been collected. Definitely they will be given to Pakistan. Even after giving dossiers after dossiers, Pakistan has not taken any action," she said.
To a question of her government's action against Pakistan following the attack, Nirmala said, "Giving the evidence to Pakistan will have to be a continuous process because it has to be proven over and over again that their involvement is for everybody to see."
"And the evidences will only strengthen that argument. (But) giving that (evidence) doesn't deny us our right to respond adequately and at a time which we think fit. Pakistan will pay for this misadventure. I repeat Pakistan will have to pay for this," she warned.
The minister revealed that intelligence inputs show terrorists were controlled by their handlers from across the border. "The evidence is being scrutinised by the NIA. Pakistan is expanding the arc of terror to areas south of Pir Panjal and resorting to ceasefire violations to assist infiltration," she said.
"The attack on the military station at Sunjuwan in Jammu was carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad and the perpetrators were sponsored by Azhar Masood residing in Pakistan and deriving support from there. The terrorists who attacked Jammu army camp enjoyed some local support and had handlers across the border," the defence minister said while addressing a press conference in Jammu after visiting the terror attack spot.
"All the evidence (related to the terror attack) have been collected. Definitely they will be given to Pakistan. Even after giving dossiers after dossiers, Pakistan has not taken any action," she said.
To a question of her government's action against Pakistan following the attack, Nirmala said, "Giving the evidence to Pakistan will have to be a continuous process because it has to be proven over and over again that their involvement is for everybody to see."
"And the evidences will only strengthen that argument. (But) giving that (evidence) doesn't deny us our right to respond adequately and at a time which we think fit. Pakistan will pay for this misadventure. I repeat Pakistan will have to pay for this," she warned.
The minister revealed that intelligence inputs show terrorists were controlled by their handlers from across the border. "The evidence is being scrutinised by the NIA. Pakistan is expanding the arc of terror to areas south of Pir Panjal and resorting to ceasefire violations to assist infiltration," she said.