Civilians acting as guides to terrorists, Indian DGMO tells Pak

New Delhi, October 30 : Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen AK Bhatt spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Maj Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza over the telephonic hotline around 2 pm on Monday. The unscheduled talk over hotline was done after Pakistan requested for this.The Indian DGMO told his counterpart that Pakistani Army had employed civilians at forward posts and accorded permission for permanent locations of civilians in the vicinity of Pakistani Army posts. These civilians have repeatedly been used for gaining information of Indian locations and providing guides to terrorists while crossing the Line of Control (LoC).
Lt Gen Bhatt told the Pakistani DGMO that Indian troops had carried out response to unabated support given by Pakistan to armed terrorists who targeted Indian Army posts with heavy-calibre weapons. The Indian Army was responding only to such actions, Lt Gen Bhatt said in response to allegation by the Pakistani DGMO that India was carrying out firing from across the LoC.