India regrets accidental firing of missile which landed in Pakistan

India regrets accidental firing of missile which landed in Pakistan

“The Government of India has taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry,” the ministry added.

 

 

New Delhi: Taking a serious note of the accidental firing of a missile in the course of a routine maintenance due to a technical malfunction, India has ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry into the matter.

 

“On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile,” the Ministry of Defence said in a release.

 

 

Earlier in the day, Pakistan summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires and expressed extreme displeasure with the alleged unprovoked breach of its airspace by an Indian-origin supersonic flying object.

 

Islamabad demanded a full and transparent inquiry into the matter.

 

The Indian diplomat was informed on Thursday night of an alleged breach of its airspace by an Indian-origin supersonic flying object that entered Pakistan from Suratgarh in India at 6:43 PM (local time) on March 9, according to a statement published after midnight by Pakistan’s Foreign Office, news agency PTI reported.