The Army will continue the process of giving a befitting reply to Pakistan’s actions, the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Sarath Chand, said on Monday even as the military paid last respects to four of its personnel killed in Sunday’s cross-border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. [Our] action will speak for itself,” said Lt. Gen. Sarath Chand in response to a question from presspersons on the sidelines of an event. Four Army personnel, including a Captain, were killed on Sunday in ceasefire violations by the Pakistan Army in the Poonch and Rajouri sectors along the LoC. On the spiralling exchange of fire, an Army source said that the current phase of was an “escalatory ladder”, which started in December when a Junior Commissioned Officer was killed in Pakistani sniper fire. “In our response their officer was killed.

Source: The Hindu February 05, 2018 16:17 UTC