Indian Army gives nod for release of surgical strikes footage

Amid international press reports that raise doubts on India's claim of surgical strikes in LoC, the Indian Army has given green signal to the government to use the video footage of the surgical strikes against terror camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).

However, the final decision on making the footage public rests with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Some defense analysts believe that releasing the video footage could give away the weaponry tactics and technology used in the mission.

Pakistan has asked for the evidence from India to prove the surgical strikes carried on the Line of Control (LoC), but historically Pakistan has never acted on evidence provided by New Delhi in cases of militant attacks origination from Pakistan territory.

Surgical strikes: Eyewitnesses corroborate what India Army claims

Some eyewitnesses living across the Line of Control (LoC) have given the graphic accounts of last week's Indian Army special forces strikes on terror camps, describing how bodies of those killed in operations on September 29 were loaded onto trucks for secret burials.

They were also reported to have described brief but intense fire engagements that destroyed makeshift buildings that housed militants before they left for the last stage of their journey across the LoC.

Their accounts corroborate India's claims that it carried out strikes against terror launch pads - a claim Pakistan has been denying, saying, instead, that its military's forward positions were targeted.

Demand of proof of surgical strike

Within days of India's surgical strike, the Pakistani army took the rare step of flying local and international media to the border to prove that surgical strikes never happened.

It appeared Pakistan wanted to debunk India's claim of surgical strikes and to show that everything was normal in the region.

Immediately after India's claim of surgical strikes, the Pakistan Army denied the claims and said two of its soldiers were killed but only in cross-border firing.

Back home in India, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Senior Congress leader asked India to counter Pakistan's claim that the surgical strikes never took place.

The demand of proof has set a fresh round of political storm in the national capital.