There can't be business as usual with Pak after barbaric killings at LoC, says PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that those who brutally killed two Indian soldiers will be brought to book and there can be "no business as usual" with Pakistan. "It cannot be business as usual" with Pakistan, he told reporters on the sidelines of an army function.

"What has happened is unacceptable," he added in reference to the killing of two Indian soldiers, one of whom was beheaded.

"Those responsible for this crime will have to be brought to book."

"There can be no business as usual after the barbaric act," the Prime Minister said when journalists asked about the government's move to hold back visa on arrival for senior Pakistani citizens.

"Those responsible for the heinous act will be brought to book," Manmohan Singh said.

Singh's comments came a day after commanders of the rival armies traded protests over the border
exchanges and the chief of India's million-plus military ordered an "aggressive" response to any fresh cross-border firing.

The Prime Minister was referring to the Jan 8 killing of two Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, about 600 metres away from the Line of Control (LoC).

The government has accused Pakistani soldiers of crossing into Indian territory and killing two of its soldiers on January 8.

Pakistan denies its troops were involved in any such incident and has accused Indian troops of killing two of its soldiers.

Foreign ministers of both sides have warned against escalating tensions. But the Indian army chief of staff told his commanders Monday to respond "aggressively" to any future Pakistani firing across the de facto border in Kashmir, known as the Line of Control.

The brutality has outraged India.

(With inputs from AFP, IANS)

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