Home minister assured the house that the government is firmly committed to root out terrorism from India and would will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday indicated Pakistan's hand in Gurdaspur terror attack that took place on Monday, killing three civilians and five police personnel.
"The preliminary analysis of GPS data indicates that the terrorists had infiltrated from Pakistan through the area near Tash in Gurdaspur district, where the Ravi river enters Pakistan," said Singh in a statement in Rajya Sabha.
His statement, however, got drowned amid the din created by Congress and other opposition parties who, showing dissatisfaction over home minister's statement, started shouting slogans in the Rajya Sabha forcing the house to be adjourned for the day shortly after 2 pm.
In his statement the home minster said that during the last one month, there were five attempts at cross-border infiltration in the J&K sector, out of which four were interdicted and eight terrorists were neutralised. In the remaining one instance, the terrorists went back after effective retaliation by the Indian Forces.
Singh attributed the recent successful infiltration attempt to the difficult terrain coupled with recent heavy rains, resulting in excess flow in the rivers and canals along the border that could have been a factor for the particular group to sneak in into Punjab.
He assured the house that the government is firmly committed to root out terrorism from India and would will do everything possible to prevent cross-border terrorism.
Within hours, foreign ministry spokesman of Pakistan Qazi Khalilullah dismissed India's assertion saying that pointing fingers without investigation was not a healthy trend.
"We had issued condemnation in strongest terms the terrorist attack on Gurdaspur. We have condemned in strongest terms that is self explanatory...Pointing fingers without investigation is not a healthy trend," he said.
When asked if New Delhi made an effort to inform Pakistan to clear its position on Gurdaspur attack, Khalilullah said, "We have affirmed many times that terrorism is our common enemy and it requires cooperative approach to combat the menace rather than the blame game."
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