Pakistan Military Suffering Heavy Losses, India Response 2-3 Times Stronger: Intel Sources
Indian missiles have neutralized critical Pakistani targets along the International Border and the Line of Control for strategic reasons, a top intelligence official told News18
India has inflicted heavy losses on the Pakistani military infrastructure, neutralizing critical targets along the International Border and the Line of Control in response to its unprovoked attack on India that started Thursday night, top intelligence sources told News18. In comparison, the damage on Indian side has been minimal, they added.
“India’s response to Pakistan’s attack has been 2-3 times stronger. Indian missiles have neutralized critical targets along the International Border and the Line of Control for strategic reasons. India’s losses, meanwhile, have been minimal. But we did lose an administrative services officer in Rajouri," a top source said.
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Additional Deputy Commissioner Raj Kumar Thapa was killed and two of his colleagues were critically injured when a Pakistani artillery shell hit their residential quarters in Rajouri on Saturday morning.
After a night of bristling tension, India woke up to reports of sounds of explosions coming in from Srinagar in Kashmir Valley and several places in Punjab, and Pakistan claiming Indian missiles and drones had targeted three of its airbases.
Pakistan had launched a fresh wave of drone attacks targeting 26 locations in India — from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat — for the second night on Friday.
In Jammu region’s Rajouri district, a Pakistani shell landed at the staff residential quarters. Raj Kumar Thapa and his two staff members were seriously injured and were rushed to the Government Medical College. While Thapa could not survive, the condition of the other two is stated to be critical, officials said.
In Srinagar city, multiple blasts were heard early morning, hours after the Indian military thwarted drone attacks by Pakistan at several places late Friday night. According to officials, the blasts were heard near vital installations, including the airport. As soon as the blasts were heard, sirens went off. Power was snapped in the city and most other parts of the valley, the officials said.
In Punjab’s Jalandhar district, villagers in Kanganiwal said an unidentified projectile landed near their homes in the early hours of Saturday. They said a migrant labourer was injured in his hand while there was some damage to a few houses in the area.
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