Exclusive: This is how India will hit Pakistan to avenge martyrdom of soldiers
The Indian Intelligence Bureau has reported that several launch pads of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba have come up across the Line of Control.
There is immense pressure on the Indian Government to hit back at Pakistan after two soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated. India will strike there is no doubt about it and the sacrifice made by the two soldiers will not go in vain, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said.
The Indian Army said that it would hit Pakistan at a time and place of its choosing. The Army is already preparing for a major offensive against Pakistan and sources say that this time it would be harder than the surgical strikes of September 2016.
The post from which the battalion launched the attack against the Indian soldiers will be flattened, top Army sources said. There would be retaliation, the source also said while adding a major offensive is being planned.
Maximum damage
The
first
option
would
be
to
bring
in
the
artillery
and
fight
Pakistan
along
the
Line
of
Control.
This
is
an
option
that
has
been
exercised
several
times
in
the
past
as
well.
The
idea
would
be
to
inflict
maximum
casualties
and
damage
on
Pakistan
and
its
men
creating
terror
along
the
border.
The
Army
is
contemplating
using
the
Bofors
gun
like
it
had
done
following
the
killing
of
Sepoy
Mandeep
Singh
in
October
2016.
Sepoy
Singh
was
killed
at
the
Macchil
sector
in
Kupwara,
Kashmir.
Cross border raid:
The
Army
would
also
carry
out
a
cross
border
raid.
Those
battalions
posted
along
the
border
have
already
been
told
to
ready
for
such
an
exercise.
It
is
not
uncommon
and
has
been
conducted
several
times
in
the
past.
The
Indian
Intelligence
Bureau
has
reported
that
several
launch
pads
of
the
Lashkar-e-Tayiba
have
come
up
across
the
Line
of
Control.
A
massive
offensive
on
these
launch
pads
will
be
undertaken,
top
sources
also
said.
Flattening BAT
Pakistan's
Border
Action
Team
of
the
BAT
was
responsible
for
the
killing
of
the
two
Indian
soldiers
on
Monday.
The
first
priority
would
be
to
flatten
BAT.
For
this
a
major
offensive
would
be
required,
the
source
also
said.
It
would
be
a
all
out
offensive
and
not
a
surgical
strike,
the
source
also
said.
A
counter-assault
is
being
planned
to
hit
at
BAT.
The
soldiers
have
been
told
that
the
action
that
would
be
taken
must
demoralise
the
force
across
the
border.
Surprise element
However the Army would not go in for an immediate strike. The entire mechanism across the border is on very high alert and is expecting a retaliatory hit by India. There would be an element of surprise. The action could come a month of even three to six months later.
Top sources also said that India would engage Pakistan and expect it to act. Although Pakistan has denied killing and mutilating the bodies of the two soldiers, India says that there is ample proof to suggest that Pakistan is lying. The offensive by Pakistan would be met and the sacrifice of the jawans would not go wasted the source also added. He said that there would be an element of surprise and the Indian Army will hit hard at a time and place of its choosing.
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