Reacting to the incident of an unarmed supersonic Indian missile landing 124 km deep inside Pakistan Wednesday, the Indian Government said it was an accidental firing and expressed regret and a high-level investigation has been ordered into it.
The Defence Ministry said in a statement Friday that on March 9 “in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile”.
The Government of India, it said, “has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry”.
“It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident,” the statement said.
Pakistan summoned the Indian envoy regarding the incident Friday and conveyed its strong protest and asked for a transparent investigation of the incident. PTI reported that India’s Charge d’Affaires M Suresh Kumar was told Thursday night about the incident in which an Indian “supersonic flying object” entered into Pakistan from “Suratgarh” in India at 6:43 PM (local time) on March 9.
“The Indian diplomat was conveyed that the imprudent launch of the flying object not only caused damage to civilian property but also put at risk human lives on ground,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) said, according to PTI. The Indian envoy was “told to convey to the Government of India Pakistan’s strong condemnation of this blatant violation of Pakistani airspace in...
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