Indian Army weighs fitting reply to LoC beheading. Here are its options
The options: attacks by ground forces on Pak posts, strikes by aircraft, missiles or artillery guns The army has begun weighing its options to retaliate against Pakistani forces on the Line of Control (LoC), after their troops, employing jihadi extremists, killed and beheaded two Indian soldiers near Poonch on Monday, top generals said. Business Standard learns the incident took place when an Indian patrol of 8-10 soldiers was checking the border fence, a perilous task involving physically moving along the fence, very close to the LoC, to check that it has not been cut or its electronic sensors damaged. Read this: Beheading of soldiers: Outraged India, demands action against Pak soldiers According to the modus operandi of Pakistani troops on forward LoC posts, the exposed patrol first came under intense fire from automatic weapons, which Pakistani soldiers had stealthily deployed in temporary positions, just across the LoC. With two Indian jawans injured in...