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‘Give jawans free hand with terrorists’

The body of Manpreet reached Tibri cantonment at around 4.30 pm through an aircraft.

Anger and sadness writ large on his face, Sukhdev Singh, the uncle of gunner Manpreet Singh, feels that India should adopt a tougher stance against Pakistan to foil terrorist attacks.

“There will not be as many casualties if India goes for a direct war with Pakistan,” said Sukhdev Singh, who retired from the Army in 2000 after 17-and-a-half years in service.

“The Army jawans are always under pressure that terrorist killed by them should be found with a weapon with him. But, what if terrorist hurls a grenade. The hands of Armymen get tied and they feel they are not being given a free hand to combat terrorists. They should be given a free hand to take on the terrorists,” Sukhdev said.

The body of Manpreet reached Tibri cantonment at around 4.30 pm through an aircraft. The cremation will take place on Sunday.

First uploaded on: 07-12-2014 at 04:38 IST
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