Rajnath Singh hinted at strikes in Pakistan: ‘Something big has happened’
On Friday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh indicated that Indian forces may have hit Pakistani targets across the border. Rajnath Singh hinted at strikes in Pakistan with the words ‘Something big has happened’. The strikes may have been conducted with heavy artillery attack to avenge the brutal killing of a BSF trooper in unprovoked firing the Pakistanis.
The Home minister referred to the killing of Narendra Singh on the International Border in Samba district. He said, “Something has happened. I won’t reveal it now. Something big has happened. Trust me, something really big has happened two-three days ago. And you will also see what happens in future”.
Sources in the BSF have confirmed that Pakistan suffered significant casualties in the heavy retaliatory shelling. From here, anyone can connect the dots.
The BSF jawan who was killed was part of a patrol party. They had gone to cut wild grass along the IB fence in Ramgarh sector on September 18th. He was killed when he and his colleagues came under unprovoked firing Pakistanis. His body was dragged into the Pakistani side. The body was recovered a day later with three bullet wounds in the chest and a slit throat.
This heinous incident prompted an alert across the International Border and the LoC. Army Chief Bipin Rawat reacted to the killing of the jawan stating that the time had come for another surgical strike. He added that Pakistan had to be paid back in its own coin.
Rajnath Singh hinted at strikes in Pakistan in his speech on the day he unveiled the statue of Bhagat Singh. He said, “I had asked our BSF jawans not to fire the first bullet as Pakistan is our neighbour. However, if firing starts from across the border, I told jawans to hit back hard and not count the number of bullets fired.”
