'New low even for Pak': Govt says places of worship in India targeted

FS Misri blasts Pak for attempting to blame India for attacks on places of worship

- VINAY KUMAR

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday accused Pakistan of "targeting places of worship" In India and said several "gurudwaras, convents and temples" along the border in Jammu and Kashmir were damaged by Pakistani shelling.

"We have seen the Pakistani side targeting and shelling the places of worship with a particular design.

It included Gurudwaras, convents and temples. This is a new low even for Pakistan," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in a joint briefing with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.

The strained ties between India and Pakistan broke down after 26 people were killed in a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22.

Pakistan's attack on places of worship and its "preposterous" attempts to put the blame on Indian armed forces is reflective of Islamabad's evil design and efforts to deceive and mislead the world, Misri said.