Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh's comments came after he visited forward posts of LoC in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh on Saturday warned Pakistan not to use civilians of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as 'cannon fodder' and send them across the Line of Control (LoC). He further reiterated that the Indian Army is fully equipped to deal with the Pakistani infiltration.

While speaking to media, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said, "There have been efforts by Pakistan and lot of rhetoric is there from the past couple of days that they want to instigate the civilians, locals in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to come close to Line of Control (LoC) and even attempt to cross that. However, I would like to caution Pakistan not to use the civilians of PoK as cannon fodder because Indian Army is very clear, should there be any attempts at violating LoC they shall be responded to very effectively."

He went on to add that there will be casualties on other side and Pakistan and its Army will be solely responsible for it. He then cautioned Pakistan to keep activities of its civilians in strict check and ensure that they should not come close to the LoC.

Ceasefire Violation

"The situation along LoC is under our control. By our calibrated and proactive approach, we have been able to attain complete moral ascendancy over the enemy but unfortunately Pakistan and its Army to cross the LoC and try to create a disturbance," he said.

"They are also carrying out ceasefire violations, all the infiltration attempts along LoC have been foiled by our multilayered dynamic counter-infiltration grid. We a have very effective robust counter-terrorism grid which has been able to ensure stability in the hinterland," he said.

Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh's comments came after he visited forward posts of LoC in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir.