Mutilation of soldiers was ‘well coordinated’ by Pak army, BAT: BSF

Jammu, May 2 : A day after the Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) mutilated the bodies of two Indian soldiers on the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday described the attack as a “well-coordinated” act as the patrol team came under “simultaneous fire” from four sides.
The BSF also declared that it would brainstorm with the Army, under whose operational control it worked in Kashmir, and come up with “revised Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs)” to ensure that such incidents were minimised.
“The patrol team was on regular line maintenance when it came under simultaneous fire from four different sides—two forward defence location (FDL) posts and two ambushes laid in the area. They opened simultaneous fire on our jawans and then came the action of BAT which consists of army regulars, Mujahideen and trained militants. The BAT took the advantage of two ambushes and fired from two FDLs, and mutilated the bodies of two soldiers,” KN Choubey, Additional Director General (ADG) of BSF, told reporters here.To a query whether the patrol party violated the SOPs, the ADG said the SOP was always followed but the question was of “element of surprise”. “You cannot have a spontaneous development like this where simultaneous fire comes from two distant FDL, and at the same the fire coming from two ambushes laid in the area. It was a well-coordinated act. Every time we learn from such incidents. The BSF and the army will be brainstorming on such incidents and we will come up with more revised SOPs so that such incidents were minimised,” the BSF officer said.