“Our jawans don't cross LoC. We honour human rights. We fire in retaliation when provoked,” he said in Khairiar in Uttar Pradesh after meeting the family of Lance Naik Hemraj who was beheaded by Pakistani soldiers in a cross-LoC attack in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on January 8.
Responding to the Pakistani charge that one of its soldiers was killed in “unprovoked firing” along the LoC, the Army chief said it may have happened during cross-firing.
“These are normal activities that take place at the LoC. We have retaliated in response to cross-firing,” he said.
Replying to questions, Mr. Singh said “the relationship (between the two countries) is got to be seen on what has been going on at the border”.
