Watch | Op Sindoor video shows how BSF destroyed Lashkar training camps, launchpads in PoK

Following Operation Sindoor, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) announced on Tuesday, May 27, that they intended to attack terrorist launchpads close to the Line of Control (LoC) on the evenings of May 9 and May 10.

The BSF emphasised that India’s response to Pakistan’s cross-border fire was forceful and efficient.

BSF Inspector General of the Jammu sector Shashank Anand stated at a news conference that the Pakistani post fired on India’s positions, for which it was already ready.

Anand stated that as a result of their preparedness, they inflicted heavy damage on several Pakistani posts during the cross-border firing. “We did not suffer any losses ourselves," he added.

“On the night of May 8, when we carried out this operation, the enemy’s morale in that area was visibly shaken. The next day, i.e., on May 9, Pakistan began unprovoked cross-border firing along the international border in the northern areas of Jammu, moving away from the Samba region,” he said. “The BSF was already prepared for such a situation.”

Anand also added that on May 9 and 10, the BSF launched heavy shelling on Pakistan’s border belt and that they had planned that if the opportunity arose, they would also strike the terrorist launch pads located near the international border.

“On May 8, our surveillance detected 40-50 persons near the border,” stated BSF DIG SS Mand. " We did pre-emptive strikes. Pakistan then fired on BSF BOPs - we retaliated well. Inputs suggest many terrorists, their supporters, Rangers, and officers were harmed in our strike," he added.

According to Anand, the BSF attacked a Lashkar-e-Taiba launch pad close to the Line of Control in a “deliberate and planned” manner.

“As part of this operation, on the night of May 9 and 10, the BSF carried out a deliberate and planned attack on a Lashkar-e-Taiba launchpad in ‘Looni’, which is located in Pakistan just 3 kilometres from the international border,” according to him.

“We are getting many inputs regarding terrorists returning to their launchpads & camps and possible infiltration along LoC & IB. Security Forces will have to remain alert,” he added.

The Indian Armed Forces responded to the April 22 terror incident in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives, by launching Operation Sindoor on May 7. India said that more than 100 terrorists had been killed in strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.