Big incident by terrorist of neighbouring country on India's coastline cannot be ruled out: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday that the Centre was committed to maintaining the coastal security of the country since terror attacks targeting India’s coastline could not be ruled out.

“We cannot rule out that our neighbouring country’s terrorists can carry out a big incident on our coastline which extends from Kutch to Kerala. As Defence minister, I would like to assure that our country’s maritime security is absolutely strong and solidified. We are completely committed to coastal and maritime security,” Singh said.

The Defence minister was addressing a gathering at the 66th birthday celebrations of spiritual leader Mātā Amritānandamayī Devī at Kollam in Kerala. Singh said that India does not bother its neighbours, but if anybody bothered the country, the defence establishment would not let them “rest in peace”, referring to India’s air strikes deep inside Pakistan’s territory in Balakot in response to the deadly Pulwama attack.