'Any ceasefire violation will be responded to fiercely': DGMO says fresh hotline message sent to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday sent a fresh hotline message to Pakistan, warning that any further ceasefire violation “tonight, subsequently or later” will be met with a fierce response. The message came after the Pakistan army violated a ceasefire understanding reached just hours earlier on May 10.

“We have earlier today sent another hotline message to my counterpart, highlighting these violations of the understanding between the DGMOs on May 10 and our firm and clear intent to respond to these fiercely,” said Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai at a press briefing. “The Chief of Army Staff has conducted a security review and granted full authority to our army commanders for counteraction in the kinetic domain in case of any violation by Pakistan.”

Ghai revealed that the initial truce had been proposed by Pakistan. “On May 10, in the morning, even as we were getting into a huddle to wargame the events of the previous night, I received a message on hotline from my counterpart in Pakistan, seeking my willingness to communicate,” he said.

#WATCH | Delhi | DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai says "...My communication with the Pak DGMO was conducted at 15:35 hrs yesterday and resulted in cessation of cross-border firing and air intrusions by either side with effect from 17:00 hrs, 10th of May, after he proposed that… pic.twitter.com/2aIZJ3E9Xk

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The conversation took place at 15:35 hours and led to a temporary cessation of hostilities starting from 17:00 hours that same day. “It resulted in cessation of cross-border firing and air intrusions by either side,” he said. A follow-up conversation was scheduled for May 12 to discuss ways to maintain the truce.

“However, disappointingly and, I must add, expectedly, it took only a couple of hours for Pakistan army to violate these arrangements by cross-border and across LoC firing, followed by drone intrusions across the western front,” Ghai said.

India responded “robustly” through the night and early morning hours, targeting the sources of the ceasefire breach. “These violations were responded to robustly and dealt with as they must be,” Ghai asserted.

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Tensions have been escalating since the terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 civilian lives. In response, India launched Operation Sindoor , targeting terrorist camps across the border, including those linked to the IC-814 hijacking and the Pulwama bombing.

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Pakistan retaliated with drone and missile strikes on Indian military positions and civilian areas. Ghai confirmed that Pakistan lost 35–40 personnel in India’s retaliatory operations, while India suffered five casualties.

“We have thus far exercised immense restraint and our actions have been focused, non-escalatory,” Ghai said. “However, any threat to the sovereignty, safety of our citizens will be met with decisive force.”