India Slams Pak for Shelling J&K Religious Sites

Pakistan's efforts to blame India for allegedly carrying out a drone attack on the Nankana Sahib gurdwara and for the shelling of a gurdwara in Poonch are part of a disinformation campaign to give a "communal hue" to the situation, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said on Friday.

- Rezaul H Laskar

NEW DELHI:

Misri rubbished Pakistan's denial of drone attacks on Indian cities, civilian infrastructure and some military targets on Thursday night as another "example of their duplicity" and told a media briefing that Indian forces "responded proportionately, adequately and responsibly" to the strikes.

The foreign secretary, who briefed the media on Operation Sindoor for the third consecutive day alongside Col Sofiya Qureshi of the army and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh of the air force, said some members of the Sikh community and two students were killed when shelling by Pakistani troops hit a gurdwara and a school in Poonch district.