Surgical strike: Mirpur's SP confirms strike happened

October 05, 2016 21:42

A CNN News18 report based on disclosures by a senior Pakistani police official confirms that the strikes did indeed take place and killed at least five Pakistani soldiers and an unspecified number of militants.

A senior police official in PoK who, under the impression he was speaking to his superior, rattled off the events of that tumultuous night and confirmed every single claim made by the Indian army.

Ghulam Akbar, Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of the Mirpur Range in PoK, is heard admitting that the surgical strikes had indeed taken place at many sectors on the early hours of September 29.

During the call with Gupta, he clearly stated that the Pakistani Army was caught unawares by the Indian attack and lost 5 of its soldiers and that the bodies of unknown number of terrorists were quickly removed by the Pakistani military.

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