The Indian military seems determined to turn the heat on Pakistan after the attack on Uri base which claimed the lives of 17 soldiers in Indian-held Kashmir on Sunday.
The Indian army has reportedly has formally requested the Modi government to consider “limited but punitive” cross-border strikes to send a message to Pakistan, which it holds responsible for the attack. “Yes, there will be retaliation from the other side but it can be dealt with,” TOI reported a source as saying.
Majority of security establishment officials firmly believe that a political strategy should be devised to send back a clear message to Pakistan that “enough is enough”.
Army contingents along the Line of Control (LoC) and forward IAF airbases on the western front have been put on “full alert”, government sources said.
Previously, multiple times, India had accused Pakistan of supporting ‘militant’ attacks in its northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule only in part. Modi recently raised the stakes in their decades-old feud by expressing support for separatists within Pakistan.
Pakistan denies any role in cross-border terrorism, and has called on the United Nations and the international community to investigate atrocities it alleges have been committed by the security forces in Indian-ruled Kashmir.
