India on Wednesday asked Pakistan to end the “persistent and growing violation” of its 2004 undertaking not to let its territory be used by terrorists, even as Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the government was serious about punishing perpetrators of the Sunday attack on the Uri Army camp.
“The attack in Uri only underlines the fact that the infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan remains active. We demand that Pakistan lives up to its public commitment to refrain from supporting and sponsoring terrorism against India,” the Ministry of External Affairs said after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit was summoned by Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar.
“If the Government of Pakistan wishes to investigate these cross-border attacks, India is ready to provide finger prints and DNA samples of terrorists killed in the Uri and Poonch incidents,” the spokesperson said, adding that New Delhi “now expects a response from the Government of Pakistan.”
The Foreign Secretary reminded Mr. Basit of Pakistan’s promise.
Recovery of items with Pakistani markings cited
Mr. Jaishankar pointed out to the Pakistan High Commissioner that in recent terror attacks, security agencies have recovered several items that point to the use of Pakistani soil for launching them.
Among the items recovered are GPS devices from the bodies of terrorists with coordinates that indicate the point and time of infiltration across the Line of Control and the subsequent route to the terror attack site; grenades with Pakistani markings; communication matrix sheets; communication equipment; and other stores made in Pakistan, including food, medicines and clothes.
