So this chap gets lost at night, there are civilians who see him cross the LoC(?)...
it appears that you are forgetting that such incidents happen from both sides, even a helicopter strayed into our side didnt it? should that have been shot down and burnt bodies returned instead?
you are now just picking up his words just for the sake of arguing.yes, soldiers shouldnt stray on the wrong side of the border for the sake of their lives but it happens and there is no guarantee that it wont happen.
the only issue at hand is that unfortunately both sides have different versions of events and I understand that we will disagree with what IA or PA are saying.
in some areas of kashmir border there are dwellings and army positions within few hundred yards, dont take my word for it and look up bhimber sector or madarpur sector (jehlum valley), so villagers on either sides can see what is happening around them from distance. dont accept the account of the villagers in this case but keep that in mind that it can happen. recall the incident of that old woman who was seen by villagers on Indian side slipping through Indian positions and crossed over to Azad Kashmir that prompted Indians to build bunkers that resulted in hostilities.
just before I arrived at bhimber sector there was a firefight between the Indian and Pakistani fighting patrols but thankfully there were no casualties and matter was resolved in a flag staff meeting after realising that neither side crossed over with intent. yea in the best scenario for either side no one should stray from his path but both civilians and soldiers do that and thats why both armies have SOPs in place to follow.
by the way I am not in the mood of arguing for the sake of arguing just thought to clarify to get the point across. given the current hostilities we understand that such mistake was going to end in death anyway and I think you would also understand that when Indian soldiers stray into Pakistani side by mistake. but I do hope that tit for tat is not in mind while using the firearms.
while we are having our favourite web fights among them I will like to know more from Indian side, considering their firefight version is nothing but truth,
what weapon was the soldier carrying?
was he in uniform?
was he alone when he was challenged or shot at? yes or no
if not then how many were with him?
how far inside the Indian border was he?
how did his other team members manage to escape?
was he dead immediately or succumbed to his wounds after initial interrogation?
looks like that we will continue to have this tit for tat shootings for a foreseeable future specially there are Indian elections coming as well and I dont know if they play an element as well or not. can tell you from our side that they are irrelevant because our forces are already in WoT and PMLn and other religious parties that have a considerable following are leading the anti-army sentiment and PPP doesnt really care anyway its pretty much leaderless and they are busy syphoning money while they have time.
