India will respond at a time, place of its choosing: Army

(From left) Wife of Havildar Ravi Paul who was martyred in the Uri attack mourns his death at his native village Sarwa in Samba, while son of another martyr Karnail Singh, holds his father's portrait, at Shibu Chak village in Bishnah in Jammu. Pics/PTI

New Delhi: As clamour for strong action against Pakistan over the Uri attack grew, the Army yesterday said it reserves the right to respond at a time and place of its choosing even as various options were discussed in a flurry of high-level meetings.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Pranab Mukherjee to brief him on the developments related to Sunday's cross-border terror attack, hours after he discussed the issue with senior ministers and top officials at a high-level meeting.

"The Indian Army has displayed considerable restraint while handling the terrorist situation both along the Line of Control and in the hinterland. However, we have the desired capability to respond to such blatant acts of aggression and violence as deemed appropriate by us," said Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh. "We reserve the right to respond to any act of the adversary at the time and place of our own choosing."

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Recoveries from terrorists
Later, the lieutenant added that the total recoveries from the four slain terrorists were four AK 47 rifles, four Under Barrel Grenade Launchers, 39 Under Barrel Grenade Launcher grenades, five hand grenades, two radio sets, two GPSs, two map sheets, two matrix sheets, one mobile phone and a large number of food and medicine packets having Pakistani markings.

Meeting with Modi
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag besides other senior officials attended the meeting convened by Modi.