Rajnath Singh says ‘300 mobile phones in Balakot weren’t used by plants and trees’  

Rajnath Singh.

Amid questioning by some sections of the media and the opposition over the number of casualties inflicted upon the terrorists in the February Indian air strikes in Pakistan-based terror camps, Union home minister Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday, stated that some 300 mobile phones, which were found to be active by the National Technical Research Organization at the site of the terror camp at Balakot ahead of the bombing by the Indian Air Force, were not used by the plants and trees there.

Singh, after inaugurating a project for technological surveillance in the Dhubri stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in Assam, said, “Ahead of the IAF strike, our NTRO had said some 300 mobile phones were active at the location of the terror camp. These were certainly not being used by the plants and trees there. Now, count how many died. You may say you don’t believe in the NTRO.”

“The leaders of some political parties are asking as to how many terrorists were killed in the air strike. Today or tomorrow, the figures will be disclosed. The hearts of Pakistani leaders know how many of the terrorists were killed,” Singh said.

The home minister added, “IAF chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said the IAF had received inputs about the location of terrorists and it bombed right there. Was it necessary for the IAF personnel to go there and count how many were killed? We want to tell our Congress friends that they can go to Pakistan and get the figures from its people.”

Related