Befitting response given to Pakistan, India home minister says

"Something befitting has happened. Keep faith, it happened a day or two before. Wait and watch what happens next"

The minister said that the soldiers have been ordered to hit back hard on any from aggression from across the border. PHOTO: REUTERS

A belligerent Rajnath Singh claimed on Friday that India 'may' have attacked Pakistani targets to 'avenge the killing' of a Border Security Force (BSF) soldier, Times of India reported.

The Indian home minister made the remarks at a small Muzaffarnagar gathering. He was there to unveil a statue of iconic freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

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“Kuchh hua hai, main bataunga nahin. Theek thaak hua hai. Vishwas rakhna theek thaak hua hai do teen din pehle. Aur aage bhi dekhiyega kya hoga. (Something has happened. Will  not reveal. Something befitting has happened. Keep faith, it happened a day or two before. Wait and watch what happens next.)

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BSF sources "confirmed" inflicting "significant" loss of life on the Pakistani side, the Indian publication claimed. The alleged killing prompted an alert along the Line of Control and international border with the Indian army chief delivering a pugnacious statement calling for 'another surgical strike'.

This story originally appeared in the Times of India
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