'No Act of Terror Will Go Unpunished’: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
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New Delhi: Any misadventure by Pakistan army will be repelled with a punitive response and no act of terror will go unpunished, army chief General Bipin Rawat said Saturday.
Speaking at an event on '20 Years after Kargil Conflict', Rawat said the Pakistan army, time and again, resorts to misadventure, either through state-sponsored terrorism or intrusions in India.
"The Indian armed forces stand resolute and ready to defend our territorial integrity. Let there be no doubt that misadventures will be repelled with a punitive response," he said.
“Future conflicts will be more violent and unpredictable, where the importance of human factor shall remain undiminished. Our soldiers are and will remain our primary assets,” he added.
The rise of non-state actors and the readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting have become a new norm, he said.
Addition of cyber and space domain has changed the battlefield scenario, the army chief noted.
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Rawat asserted that no act of terror will go unpunished. "Surgical strikes post-Uri and Balakot (terror attacks) have amply demonstrated our political and military resolve against terror. Any act of terror will not go unpunished," Rawat added.
The army chief also said there has been no intrusion by the Chinese in Ladakh's Demchok sector. "There is no intrusion," Rawat said on the sidelines of an event.
His statement came amidst reports of Chinese soldiers crossing the Line of Actual Control last week after some Tibetans hoisted Tibetan flags on the occasion of Dalai Lama's birthday on July 6.
"Chinese come and patrol to their perceived Line of Actual Control...we try and prevent them. But at times there are celebrations that take place at the local levels. Celebrations were going on our side by our Tibetans in the Demchok sector. Based on that, some Chinese also came to see what was happening. But there have been no intrusions. Everything is normal," the Army chief had said.
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