NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Indian Army on Thursday rejected as "false and baseless" reports in a section of Pakistani media that eight Indian soldiers were killed and one captured by Pakistani military in retaliatory fire.Indian Army sources said, "As regard (to the) report of killing of eight Indian Army personnel reported in sections of Pakistan media, the report is completely false and baseless. Pakistan has been informed by the DGMO on the hotline. "The sources said his crossing over was not related to the surgical strikes. "Such inadvertent crossing by Army and civilians are not unusual on either side. They are returned through existing mechanisms," they said.The 'Dawn News' report said he has been shifted to an undisclosed location.The report also said, "The dead bodies of the Indian soldiers are still to be recovered by the Indian forces as they lay unattended at the LoC."

Source: Times of India September 29, 2016 17:22 UTC