AMRITSAR: Lashkar-e-Taiba has emerged as the main suspect behind the Friday night’s rocket fire into Indian villages from Pakistan side after Pak Rangers claimed their troops had no role in the incident.
Four rockets had smashed into villages in Punjab, shattering the late night calm as they exploded in the fields and triggered a major scare. The attack had forced BSF — perhaps for the first time — to retaliate with machine gun and mortar fire.
The BSF has lodged a strong protest with Pak Rangers and sounded an alert along the border late Friday night soon after the attack. The attack came the same day BSF deployed its first women contingent along the international border in the Punjab sector.
There was no damage or casualty on the Indian side, BSF inspector-general Himmat Singh said. The 107 mm rockets landed about 2 km inside the Indian side at Modhey, Rattan Kalan, Dalkae and Dhoneya Khurd villages, near Attari.
BSF commandant Baljit Dhillon held a flag meeting with Pakistan Rangers at 1 am on Saturday and lodged a strong protest with Rangers’ leader wing commander Akbar Bhatt, who surprisingly denied knowledge of the attack or Pak army’s role.
Sources said the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose armed men now operate in the Pakistani state of Punjab, could be behind the attack.
In July, Pakistani security forces had seized a cache of arms, including 107 mm rockets — the kind used on Friday — from the arrested LeT men at Dera Gazhi Khan.
Following the rocket attack, BSF retaliated with machine guns and mortar shells from Pul Kanjari, Attari. The IG said this was perhaps the first such retaliatory action by BSF in this sector.
The BSF described the projectiles as 107mm rockets with a range of 8 km. The BSF said it didn’t have these kind of rockets.
Four rockets had smashed into villages in Punjab, shattering the late night calm as they exploded in the fields and triggered a major scare. The attack had forced BSF — perhaps for the first time — to retaliate with machine gun and mortar fire.
The BSF has lodged a strong protest with Pak Rangers and sounded an alert along the border late Friday night soon after the attack. The attack came the same day BSF deployed its first women contingent along the international border in the Punjab sector.
There was no damage or casualty on the Indian side, BSF inspector-general Himmat Singh said. The 107 mm rockets landed about 2 km inside the Indian side at Modhey, Rattan Kalan, Dalkae and Dhoneya Khurd villages, near Attari.
BSF commandant Baljit Dhillon held a flag meeting with Pakistan Rangers at 1 am on Saturday and lodged a strong protest with Rangers’ leader wing commander Akbar Bhatt, who surprisingly denied knowledge of the attack or Pak army’s role.
Sources said the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose armed men now operate in the Pakistani state of Punjab, could be behind the attack.
In July, Pakistani security forces had seized a cache of arms, including 107 mm rockets — the kind used on Friday — from the arrested LeT men at Dera Gazhi Khan.
Following the rocket attack, BSF retaliated with machine guns and mortar shells from Pul Kanjari, Attari. The IG said this was perhaps the first such retaliatory action by BSF in this sector.
The BSF described the projectiles as 107mm rockets with a range of 8 km. The BSF said it didn’t have these kind of rockets.
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