New Delhi: After Pakistan violated Saturday’s ceasefire agreement by opening fire along the Line of Control and sending drones into Indian territory overnight, India communicated with Rawalpindi its intent to respond to future provocations “fiercely and punitively”, the military said on Sunday (May 11).

At a press conference held by the defence ministry, the military also said that it had downed “a few” Pakistani planes but declined to comment on whether the Indian armed forces lost any aircraft during the course of Operation Sindoor.

During the briefing conducted by Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal A.K. Bharti, Vice Admiral A.N. Pramod and Major General S.S. Sharda, it was also conveyed that the Indian military lost five personnel during the operation and that the Pakistani army is reported to have lost 35 to 40 personnel in artillery and small arms firing along the Line of Control.

The briefing provided a detailed account of India’s military actions under Operation Sindoor, which was launched early on May 7 in retaliation to the April 22 terror attack Pahalgam that killed 26 civilians.

The operation saw India target nine terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Lieutenant General Ghai said over 100 terrorists were killed, including individuals linked to the 1999 IC 814 hijacking and the 2019 Pulwama attack.

Among those named were Yousuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Ral and Mudasir Ahmed.

The navy, Vice Admiral Pramod said, had deployed........

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