Mutilation 'inhuman': Antony
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New Delhi: India on Wednesday described the way the dead bodies of two Indian soldiers were treated by Pakistan regular troops after their “highly provocative” attack in its territory in Jammu and Kashmir as “inhuman.”
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said the Indian government will convey to Pakistan its protest against the Tuesday’s attack in the Mendhar sector in Poonch district.
The Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) will also take up the incident with his Pakistani counterpart, he added.
“We are closely following the situation,” Antony told reporters. Pakistani regular soldiers crossed into Indian territory in Poonch sector and ambushed an Indian patrol killing two soldiers, one of whom was decapitated.
Army’s Additional Director General (Public Information) Major General S.L. Narasimhan said on Tuesday that Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. K.T. Parnaik visited the scene of action and confirmed that one of the two bodies was mutilated.
Other sources said the heads of both the Indian soldiers — Lance Naiks Hemraj and Sudhakar Singh — had been chopped off and one was taken away by Pakistani intruders.
The brutal nature of the attack was a chilling reminder of the brutal attack on Capt. Saurabh Kalia and his team by Pakistani troops in Kaksar sector of Kargil during the 1999 conflict.
The attack had taken place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district when Pakistanis came about 100 metres into Indian Territory and assaulted the patrol party. Besides killing two, they had also injured two other soldiers and took away their weapons and other belongings.
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