India and Pakistan summoned each other’s chargés d’affaires after a border incident left two people dead and prompted conflicting accounts of what happened. New Delhi rejected Islamabad’s accusations that its forces had killed unarmed Pakistani civilians, saying the two had entered its territory illegally.
Pakistan describes the two dead as unarmed civilians
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said personnel from India’s Border Security Force had used “unwarranted lethal force” against unarmed civilians in the Bidian border sector. It categorically rejected any attempt to portray the two people who were killed as “infiltrators”.
Islamabad summoned India’s chargé d’affaires to lodge a formal protest over the incident and called for an “immediate, credible and transparent investigation” into the circumstances of the two deaths and the actions taken by Indian forces at the border. India’s Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, described Pakistan’s accusations as “baseless and motivated”.
India presents infiltration and security-threat account
New Delhi summoned the chargé d’affaires at Pakistan’s High Commission to protest what it called the “continued facilitation of illegal infiltration across the border”. According to the Indian account, three people crossed into Indian territory in the Firozpur sector of Punjab state and continued moving towards the border fence despite repeated warnings from Border Security Force personnel.
The ministry said the forces engaged them after deeming them an “imminent security threat”. New Delhi said the incident reflected a “clear pattern of repeated cross-border movements by armed drug gangs operating from Pakistan”. It urged the Pakistani authorities to investigate infiltration and drug-smuggling activities, respect the international border and abide by bilateral arrangements aimed at preventing unauthorised movements.
The diplomatic confrontation comes amid continuing tensions between the two countries following a four-day war in 2025 that was described as the worst between them in decades. The war erupted after an armed attack targeting tourists in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir killed 26 people.
New Delhi accused Islamabad of supporting the attack, while Pakistan denied the Indian allegations.
