India admits targeting Pakistani civilians under ‘Operation Arjun’

The Border Security Force (BSF) using codenamed ‘Operation Arjun’ targeted villagers and security forces in cross-border shelling. As part of the operation, the BSF claimed they used small, medium and area weapons, causing damages on the other side of the border and killing seven soldiers and 11 civilians.

On September 22, the Pakistan Army’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Maj-Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza raised the issue of deliberate targeting of Pakistani civilians in the vicinity of working boundary with his Indian counterpart, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.