roops in two days.

Pakistan yesterday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh in Islamaba

d to register protest after four of its rangers were killed in retaliatory firin
g by the Border Security Force (BSF).
Pakistani Rangers had earlier targeted a BSF patrol party along the Internationa
l Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing a jawan and injuring an
other. The Indian side stopped firing when the Pakistan Rangers raised a white f
lag, asking for time to remove the bodies.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, after being briefed about the death of Consta
ble Ram Gowria, had asked the forces to give a "suitable and appropriate reply f
or any such unprovoked firing," an official statement said.
Pakistan said it had summoned the Indian envoy to protest against the "Shahadat
(martyrdom) of two personnel of Pakistani Rangers". On Tuesday, Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar had said the Indian army would retaliate with "double the forc
e" to any ceasefire violation by Pakistan.
Cross-border violence has, in recent months, been the worst in over a decade. As
per a government report, fourteen civilians and five security personnel were ki
lled in 555 ceasefire violations by Pakistani forces this year in Jammu and Kash
mir.
The largest number of 405 violations took place along the international border t
hat is under the operational control of the Border Security Force (BSF), Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar had earlier told Parliament.
Of these, 344 violations were reported from the Jammu sector and 61 from the Ind
reshwar-Nagar sector, the minister said in the Rajya Sabha. The 405 violations a
long the international border were a steep rise from the 148 ceasefire breaches
in 2013 and just 11 and 21 in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Similar violations this year along the Line of Control (LoC) and the section of
the international border controlled by the army stood at 150, the minister said.
This was a slight drop from the 199 violations of 2013. The figures were 51 in
2011 and 93 in 2012. The minister said 14 civilians and five security personnel
were killed in the Pakistani firing this year till Nov 30. There were no deaths
of civilians in 2011 and 2013 while four civilians died in 2012.
The number of security personnel killed on the border in cross-border firing and
other tactical incidents was five in 2011 and 2012 each and 12 in 2013, Parrika
r said.
India summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit earlier this week to prot
est against the possibility of 26/11 mastermind Zakiur-Rahman Lakhvi walking fre
e.
Lakhvi, who was arrested in 2009 for orchestrating the Mumbai attacks, was grant
ed bail by a Pakistani court on December 18, drawing strong condemnation from Ne
w Delhi. Pakistan this week arrested him in another case, ensuring that he remai
ns in jail for now. Pakistan had said it will appeal against his bail in the Sup
reme Court.
In another development, Lt General Subrata Saha yesterday warned that at least 1
50-170 militants trained in Pakistan are waiting to cross into the Indian side o
f the border. Lt Gen Saha said that heavy snowfall and inclement weather in the
region is further aiding these militants to slip into the Indian side.

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