Surgical strikes carried out by Army along LoC

Surgical strikes have been carried out by the Indian army last night across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir to safeguard our nation, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The operations took place on Wednesday night and is now over, Director General of Military Operations Lt General Ranbir Singh told media in New Delhi. He said he had also informed his Pakistani counterpart that India had carried out surgical strikes on Wednesday night. “We have recovered items including GPS which have Pakistani markings. Captured terrorists hailing from PoK or Pakistan have confessed to their training in Pakistan or in Pakistan controlled region,” Singh said. "It has been a matter of serious concern that there has been continuous infiltration across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir," said Singh, in a joint press conference with Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup in New Delhi. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has informed Chief Ministers of Punjab, West Bengal and Odisha, CPI-M’s Sitaram Yechury and Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad about surgical strikes.  According to reports, five terror camps were destroyed by the Indian Army across the LoC and members of the special forces from the army were para-dropped at the spots. The strike on the terror launch pads, which were 500 metres to two kilometres across the LoC, also lasted from 12.30 to 4.30 am on Thursday.