Amid growing concerns over skirmishes on the Line of Control (LoC), J&K Manoj Sinha says ‘the Indian Army was giving a befitting response’

Growing incidents of skirmishes on the Line of Control (LoC), including sniper attacks and infiltration bids this year, is posing a fresh challenge to security agencies in J&K. J&K Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said “the Indian Army was giving a befitting response”. 

At least six skirmishes were reported on the LoC in the Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts in the past two months. Two soldiers, including a Captain, were killed by an improvised explosive device (IED), and at least two other soldiers were hit by snipers. It remains “inconclusive if the Pakistani Army or the militants” were involved in these attacks. Two infiltrators were also killed in this period in Poonch.