The Hindu report had stated that skirmishes there had earlier claimed the life of Border Security Force constable P.K. Mishra and Indian Army soldier Harvinder Singh. The fighting in the summer also began with disputes over the construction of new border outposts by India.
The newspaper report citing government sources in New Delhi said a Pakistani Border Action Team — assault units that in the past have been reported to consist of both jihadists and members of the élite Special Services Group — are believed to have carried out the attack.
“It is almost certainly a retaliation for what happened in Charonda”, a military official in New Delhi told The Hindu. “This kind of thing has often happened in the past, though it hasn't got quite so much media attention.”
