Myanmar was last night quoted as saying Indian forces had carried out an operation on insurgents "on the Indian side".


The reported statement challenges New Delhi's version and possibly seeks the only recourse available to a sovereign country after the Narendra Modi government went to town on the raid on militants who killed Indian soldiers last week.


"According to the information sent by Tatmadaw (the Myanmarese army) battalions on the ground, we have learned that the military operation was performed on the Indian side at India-Myanmar border," AFP quoted Zaw Htay, director of Myanmar's presidential office, as saying in a Facebook post. Read more