New Delhi, March 11: The Government of India (GOI) has ordered a High Level Court of Inquiry to investigate the accidental missile firing on March 9 due to a technical fault during routine maintenance. Pakistan had claimed that a missile fired by India had fallen in its Punjab province.
Taking serious note of this, the Defense Ministry has said that while this incident is very regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there was no loss of life in this accident.
In fact, Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar had claimed on 10 March that a missile fired by India had fallen in its Punjab province on 9 March.
He told the media that on the evening of March 9, at 6.43 pm, a high-speed object took off from Indian territory and lost its way and fell into Pakistani territory. It has caused some damage to civilian areas, but no one has died in it.
The spokesperson of the Pakistan Army also said that the missile passing through a height of 40 thousand feet was not shot down, but it fell on its own. Along with this, Pakistan had summoned the embassy in-charge of India and lodged a strong protest and demanded a detailed and transparent investigation of the incident.
There was no response from India on this claim of Pakistan, used to making various allegations against India, but on Friday, the Indian Defense Ministry has set up an investigation in this matter.
The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Government of India has ordered a High Level Court of Inquiry to investigate the accidental missile firing on March 9 due to a technical fault during routine maintenance.
About this missile, Pakistan had claimed that a missile fired by India had fallen in its Punjab province. Taking serious note of this, the Defense Ministry has said that while this incident is very regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life in this accident.
