New Delhi: There was no need to be alarmed
over reports suggesting that Pakistan was digging tunnels
along its border with India, Minister of State for Defence M M
Pallam Raju said on Monday.
"Every nation has the right to defend itself. Just like
we take our measures, Pakistan would also be doing its
preparations. We don`t have to be alarmed about it," Raju told
reporters here.
He was asked to comment on media reports about Pakistan
digging tunnels in Sargodha district in its Punjab province
close to the Indian border. The report said the fact that
these huge tunnels do not seem to be leading to any roads has
raised suspicions that they may be used to store nuclear
weapons or missiles.
Expressing concern over the possibility of Pakistani
nukes falling in wrong hands, Raju said, "we hope that the
(Pakistan) government is taking adequate measures to make sure
that they (nuclear weapons) don`t fall in wrong hands."
Observing that the extremist forces "encouraged and
nurtured" by Pakistan were equally detrimental to it, he said,
"any incident that is happening, they are not realising is an
outcome of whatever they are nurturing. It is harming
Pakistan as much as it is harming us and it has to wake up
to that."
When asked about LeT`s plans to attack India by using
para-gliding equipment, the Minister said the security
agencies were adequately prepared to deal with the situation
and there was no need to be alarmed.
PTI
