China helped Pak during Op Sindoor: Army deputy chief

IN FIRST OFFICIAL remarks accusing China of complicity in Pakistani military strikes against India in the wake of Operation Sindoor, Lt General Rahul R Singh, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (Capability Development and Sustenance), said Friday that Beijing provided "live inputs" to Pakistan on Indian operational deployment even when talks were underway between the Indian and Pakistani directors general of military operations regarding cessation of hostilities.

- AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA

Naming Pakistan, China and Turkey as the "three adversaries" India faced on its "one border" in the north, Lt Gen Singh said China was providing "all possible support", treating the northern border as a "live lab" to test its weapons supplied to Pakistan, and was following its "36 stratagems", hoping to kill the adversary with "a borrowed knife", and to "use the neighbour to cause pain".

Speaking at the 'New Age Military Technologies' event organised by the FICCI, he said Turkey also "played a very important role in providing support" to Pakistan with its supply of the Bayraktar unmanned combat aerial vehicle, "numerous other drones" and "trained individuals".