5,601 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2 years, government tells RS

New Delhi, December 20

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As many as 5,601 ceasefire violations by Pakistan were reported along the Line of Control (LoC) in the last two years and Indian troops responded to them by inflicting “substantial damage” on Pakistani posts and personnel, the government said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

MoS (Defence) Ajay Bhatt, replying to a question, also said that the Indian troops deployed on forward posts enjoy complete “freedom of action” to respond to Pakistan’s ceasefire violations.

Bhatt also said a total of 194 industrial licenses have been issued to private companies for manufacturing items like ammunition, artillery guns, howitzers, air defence guns, destroyers, frigates, night-vision devices, ballistic protection items and radars in the last five years. — PTI