India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists fleeing there: Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh says India will enter Pakistan and kill anyone who escapes after attempted terror attack

New Delhi:

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told Pakistan that India will enter Pakistan and kill anyone who tries to escape across the border after committing terror activities in the country CNN News 18 on Friday.

Singh’s comments came a day after the British newspaper The Guardian published a report saying the Indian government had killed 20 people in Pakistan since 2020 as part of a broader plan to eliminate terrorists living on foreign soil. a part of.

The foreign ministry did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the report, while Pakistan’s foreign ministry declined to comment.

“If they escape to Pakistan, we will enter Pakistan and kill them,” Singh told the channel in response to a question about the report.

“India has always wanted to maintain good relations with its neighbours… but if there are people who look at India with anger again and again, come to India and try to promote terror activities, we will not let them go,” Singh said.

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the 2019 suicide bombing of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, which was found to have been carried out by Pakistani terrorists, leading India to carry out attacks on terrorist bases in Pakistan air strikes.

Pakistan said earlier this year it had credible evidence linking Indian agents to the killing of two Pakistani citizens on its soil.

India called this “false and malicious” propaganda.

The Guardian report comes months after Canada and the United States accused India of killing or attempting to kill Khalistani terrorists in those countries.

Canada said in September it was pursuing “credible allegations” linking India to the death of a Sikh separatist leader in June – accusations India called “ridiculous and motivated”.

A senior Canadian official said in January that India was cooperating on the matter and bilateral relations were improving.

The United States also said in November that it foiled an Indian plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist leader and announced charges against a person who allegedly collaborated with India in the attempted murder.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would investigate any information received on the matter.