India summons Pakistan Deputy HC over ceasefire violations

Pakistan had summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to express concern over the acquittal of RSS leader Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Sharif blast case.

New Delhi, March 11: India on Saturday summoned Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah to conveyed its "grave concern and strong protest" at the continuing incidents of ceasefire violations by the Pakistan side at the LoC and International Border.

"The government registered its strong protest at the fatal casualty of an Indian soldier in unprovoked firing by Pakistan forces on March 9, 2017," said a Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) statement.

"The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan was conveyed the government's expectation that Pakistan will not take any step detrimental to peace along the LoC and IB and to the security of India," it added.

On Friday night, Pakistan had summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to express concern over the acquittal of RSS leader Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Ajmer Sharif blast case, Dawn news reported.

-IANS