Following the recent attack on army camp in Sunjwan, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Jammu today and met the injured soldiers and civilians. She also took stock of the situation.
Nirmala Sitharaman later held a press conference where she said that the anti-terror operation inside the Sunjwan army camp has been called off. It’s worth pointing out that three terrorists were killed by the army in the Sunjwan camp.
However, the Defence Minister said sanitisation operation is still going on.
Five soldiers and a civilian were killed by terrorists, who entered the army camp around 4.45 in the morning on Saturday.
Here are the six key points from the press conference:
It was accessed that Pakistan sponsored terrorists may target softer elements, hence security was also positioned at the Sunjwan family accommodation.
“Pakistan is expanding the ark of terror to the areas south of Pir Panjal range and are resorting to seize fire violations to assist infiltration. These are being responded (to) appropriately.”
“We will continue to thwart any attempt by Pakistan sponsored terrorists to cause violence in our country.”
“Terrorists belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed, sponsored by Azhar Masood residing in Pakistan and deriving support from there in.”
“All the evidence collected have been compiled. Definitely, they will be given to Pakistan. Even after giving dossiers after dossiers Pakistan has not taken any action.”
“Giving the evidence to Pak will be a continuous process. It will have to be proved over and over again that they are responsible. Pakistan will have to pay for this misadventure.”