New Delhi: The Indian Army has vowed “appropriate response" to the barbaric attack by the Pakistan Army, which killed and mutilated the bodies of two Indian soldiers in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
Here are five options before India to respond to the grave provocation:OPTION 1: Artillery attack on Pakistan post
This would violate the 2003 ceasefire, but is the safest method of immediate retribution. It will also be a straightforward message to the Pakistan Army.OPTION 2: Covert cross-border raids
The dastardly attack by Pakistan Army violates international convention. But India is unlikely to approach any international forum as this may give Pakistan an opportunity to raise the Kashmir issue on international stage.OPTION 4: Raise the issue with Pakistan at a flag meeting
Past flag meetings, however, have made little headway as is evidenced by the repeated provocations by Pakistan.OPTION 5: Snap bilateral ties, expel high commissioner
There have been demands to bring diplomacy to a complete halt, but this shuts down a limited window for dialogue.
The martyrs were Head Constable Prem Sagar of 200th Battalion of the BSF and Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh of 22 Sikh Regiment of the Army. Constable Rajinder Singh of the BSF battalion suffered injuries in the attack.
A BSF officer said troops guarding the border line retaliated effectively.
On April 19, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the LoC in Poonch sector.
In Digwar sector of Poonch, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), Naib Subedar S Sanayaima Som, was killed in an improvise explosive device (IED) blast along the LoC in Poonch sector on April 1.
There were four violations of the ceasefire along the LoC in Poonch in March.
In 2016, there were 228 instances of ceasefire violation along the LoC, while there were 221 instances of ceasefire violation along the International Border (IB).
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