India on Monday briefed a select group of head of missions in New Delhi about Pakistan’s direct role in planning the terror attack which was recently foiled by Indian security forces with the killing of four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir. It also handed a dossier to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, government officials said.
The four terrorists infiltrated into Kashmir through a tunnel in the Samba area, and were moving in a truck when they were stopped for a routine inspection at a checkpoint in Nagrota. Thereafter, these terrorists opened fire, and were neutralised in the response by security forces.
Stepping up the diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, which has denied its role in the incident, Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla met the envoys of the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China to expose the sinister Pakistani design as well as convey India’s terror concerns, a government source told Reuters.
“The heads of missions were provided with a detailed information docket giving the details of the incident as it transpired as well as list of items and munitions that were recovered from terrorists clearly indicating their Pakistani origins,” the source briefed on the meeting said.
The heads of missions were provided a detailed information about the incident, explaining how the conspiracy has a clear Pakistani link. Sources said they were also briefed on how terrorists got into India, which is now clear as an underground tunnel has been found in the Samba sector.
“It was pointed out how the incident of 19 November is part of Pakistan’s ongoing terror campaign in Jammu and Kashmir and that in 2020 itself we have seen 200 incidents of terrorist violence and neutralisation of 199 terrorists. Details of JeM’s involvement in previous such incidents were also shared,” news agency ANI quoted a source as saying.
The envoys were also informed how it was all part of a plot to sabotage the coming DDC (District Development Council) elections in Jammu and Kashmir and to carry out terror attack to coincide with the anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
As per ANI, this is the first of several briefings to be conducted by MEA in small groups in view of Covid-19 situation. Other secretaries will also be briefing Heads of Missions in their areas of jurisdiction. The idea is to share information as widely as possible with the international community.
WITH AGENCY INPUTS