Rahul, Kejriwal praise IAF pilots for crossing LoC

New Delhi, February 26:

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised the pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and returned after dropping a payload in Pakistan.

“I salute the pilots of the IAF,” Gandhi tweeted.

Kejriwal in a tweet said: “I salute the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots who have made us proud by striking terror targets in Pakistan.”

Indian Air Force on Tuesday carried out aerial strikes at major terror camps in PoK, completely destroying them.

“12Mirage 2000jets took part in the operation that dropped 1000 Kg bombs on terror camps acrossLoC(Line of Control), completely destroying them,”IAFsources said.

The air strike was carried at around 3:30 am, the sources said.

Indian action came 12 days afterPakistanbased Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) carried out terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Kashmir, killing 40 personnel and injuring five others.

The terror attack had led to nation-wide outrage and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had vowed to punish those behind the attack.

Entire world community had expressed solidarity with India after the attack.

The US has said it supports India’s “Right to self defence” in the back of the attack.

Pakistan claimed on Tuesday that IAF fighter jets crossed the LoC and returned after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) scrambled war planes.

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asif Ghafoor in a tweet confirmed that the jets dropped in the payload near Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.