India summons Pakistan envoy over Nagrota-Jaish link, lodges strong protest

Two days after four terrorists were killed and a cache of arms and explosives recovered in Jammu, India on Saturday summoned the Charge d’Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission and lodged a strong protest over the attempted attack. It also demanded that Islamabad “desists from its policy of supporting terrorists and terror groups operating from its territory”, the MEA said in a statement.

“The huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosive material indicate detailed planning for a major attack to destabilise the peace and security in the UT of J&K, in particular, to derail the ongoing democratic exercise of conduct of local DDC elections. The MEA summoned Pakistan Cd’A and a strong protest was lodged at the attempted attack, which was only prevented from happening by the alertness of the Indian security forces,” the Ministry of External Affairs said.

“India reiterated its long-standing demand that Pakistan fulfill its international obligations and bilateral commitments to not allow any territory under its control to be used for terrorism against India in any manner.