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| Pak firing sparks off protest at Abdullian | | India says such acts vitiate atmosphere ahead of talks | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU/DELHI, June 22: While people today protested in the border Abdullian village at RS Pura near here against yesterday's unprovoked firing by the Pak Rangers, New Delhi said such acts vitiate atmosphere, especially
When foreign secretaries of the two countries are to meet in Pakistan on June 24.
In the Pak firing, that continued Monday from 4.05 am to about 1 pm, the enemy bullets had also hit some houses at Abdullian, resulting in the death of a cow and injuries to two others.
In protest, people today gathered at Abdullian and held a demonstration. BSF authorities were also asked to take up the matter with the Rangers in a flag meeting.
The demonstration was led by some village heads and NC leader Taranjit Singh Tony.
In its reaction, New Delhi today termed as 'unfortunate' the firing at Abdullian by the Rangers, especially ahead of Thursday's talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, and said such acts vitiated the atmosphere.
"Over the last few months, we had pointed -- conveyed to Pakistan -- our concerns about the rise in infiltration and about the ceasefire violations by Pakistan," foreign secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters in New Delhi.
"It is extremely unfortunate," she said, adding: "The fact is that such incidents, which have been provoked for no reason at all, do not contribute to a positive atmosphere."
On Sunday, two army porters were killed and two troopers injured when Pakistan violated the ceasefire in Machil sector on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.
The foreign secretary said during her's and Chidambaram's visits to Islamabad, the lack of credible action by Pakistan against the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack would be an 'obvious' talking point.
"We have always emphasised the need for credible action by Pakistan as regard to the evidence we have provided on the Mumbai terror attacks and additional information we have provided in the last few months," she added.
She said, "We have underlined the need for Pakistan to take the evidence seriously, take it on board, and take substantive action in response on what we have exchanged with them. Obviously, these
issues will form a part of our discussions." Rao is slated to meet with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir Thursday.
Last week, India had handed over the 11th dossier to Pakistan, in response to issues raised by Islamabad in the six dossiers sent April 25 relating to the Mumbai attack.Sources here said the 11th dossier contained copies of the deposition of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured during the
26/11 attack, and extensive evidence of Pakistani national Hafiz Saeed's complicity in the Mumbai carnage as its mastermind.
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