Hours after reports of Indian Army carrying “pinpoint strikes” on suspected terror launchpads inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir started doing records, Indian Army Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh on Thursday said that the Army has not conducted any action in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, reported ANI.

“Reports of Indian Army’s action in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) across the Line of Control are fake,” Lieutenant General Paramjit Singh said.

Earlier in the day, there were reports claiming “pinpoint strikes” on suspected terror launchpads inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir retaliating to Pakistani’s unrelenting efforts to push a maximum number of terrorists into India before the harsh winters sets in, sources in the security establishment.

According to PTI inputs, the sources said the ‘deep state’ in Pakistan has tried to strike a balance between escaping the scrutiny by global anti-terror watchdog FATF and supporting terror at the same time with an aim to fuel unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.

Over the last few weeks, Pakistan Army has been aggressively targeting civilians on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) by continually firing indiscriminately by heavy calibre artillery guns to support infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, the sources claimed.

Till date, 21 civilians have lost their lives in Pakistani firing this year compared to 18 in the whole of 2019, according to official data.

The sources revealed that the intelligence-based targeted strikes are being conducted by the Indian Army to neutralise mostly Pakistani and foreign terrorists, and the collateral damage has been very negligible in these operations.

According to the inputs, the new pattern being followed by Islamabad in “inciting” unrest and arm the youths in Jammu and Kashmir has been to avoid any trace of its involvement in view of the growing international pressure on it to take action against terror groups operating from its soil.

“Pakistan has sought to target the peaceful villagers living alongside the Indian side of the LoC in order to send a message to the inhabitants of Kashmiri hinterland that to disobey Pakistani diktats and directives on terrorism will prove lethal,” said a military source.

This year eight infiltration bids were foiled and 14 terrorists have been neutralised along the LoC, according to official data.