IoK base attackers carried made-in-Pakistan products: Indian media

India has long accused Pakistan of supporting ‘militant’ attacks in its northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir

Those investigating the Uri base attack in Indian-held Kashmir have alleged that the attackers had made-in-Pakistan nourishments on them, Times of India reports.



The men were in their early 20s, clean-shaven and wore close cropped hair to help their disguise as army personnel. Together they sustained almost 169 bullet hits. Twenty-six wrappers of high protein chocolate bars, six Red Bull cans, three empty ORS packets and other medicines bearing made-in-Pakistan stamps were recovered from the site.

India has long accused Pakistan of supporting attacks in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which they both claim in full but rule only in part. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently raised the stakes 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. Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors have been on edge since a New-Year attack on an Indian air force base in Punjab, near the border with Pakistan, that killed seven uniformed men.

Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since the two gained independence from British rule in 1947. Both claim the Himalayan territory in full.

Indian-held Kashmir has been in the grip of widespread protests against Indian rule for more than two months, sparked by the killing of a popular rebel leader in a gun battle with soldiers on July 8. At least 87 civilians have been killed and thousands injured in the deadly protests and clashes, the worst violence to hit the region since 2010.



Several rebel groups have for decades fought Indian soldiers – currently numbering around 500,000 – deployed in the territory, demanding independence for the region or its merger with Pakistan. Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have died in the fighting.