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Army ready to prove 'Key peak still in Pakistani occupation' report in Indian media concocted
Balaji Reddy, Special Correspondent

According to Indian Army spokes person, media report in India that a former Indian Army officer has claimed a few strategic peaks in the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir , including the crucial Point 5353, were still under occupation by Pakistani forces is totally concocted. 

Brig. Surinder Singh, who was dismissed from service in June 2001, also claimed the Indian defence establishment had misled the country by claiming it had gained control on the peaks in Kargil, where India and Pakistan fought a brief border conflict in 1999.

Singh was sacked after being embroiled in a controversy with his superiors about alleged lapses and intelligence failures that led to Pakistan-backed intruders occupying strategic features along a 140-km stretch of the Line of Control. 

According to defence ministry, at this time, not an inch of India’s Kargil is under Pak occupation. Brig. Surinder Singh, who was dismissed from service in June 2001, also claimed the Indian defence establishment had misled the country by claiming it had gained control on the peaks in Kargil, where India and Pakistan fought a brief border conflict in 1999. 
Singh was sacked after being embroiled in a controversy with his superiors about alleged lapses and intelligence failures that led to Pakistan-backed intruders occupying strategic features along a 140-km stretch of the Line of Control. 

Pakistan has some troops on the Pakistani side of point 5353 and they use that high point to fire upon Indian Jawans from time to time. But that part of 5353 is actually out of LOC. 



 

 
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