Pakistan Claims Indian Submarine Entered Its Waters, India Denies

“Indian Navy did not have any underwater movement in the said waters as claimed by the Pakistani Navy.”

Image used for representational purpose. (Photo: IANS)

India and Pakistan were on Friday engaged in a war of words after Islamabad claimed that it prevented an Indian submarine from entering its territorial waters, a charge that was strongly dismissed as "blatant lies" by New Delhi.

“Indian Navy categorically denies the statement of Pakistani Navy as blatant lies,” Navy spokesperson Captain DK Sharma said, adding that the Indian Navy did not have any unde water movement in the said waters as claimed by the Pakistani Navy.

The sharp reaction by the Indian Navy came after Pakistan claimed that an Indian submarine, after being detected near Pakistan's territorial waters, had been pushed back.

While Indian Army continues to undertake serious ceasefire violations along LoC and Working Boundary, Indian Navy has also deceitfully deployed its submarines against Pakistan with ulterior motives. However, Pakistan Navy once again proved its vigilance and operational competence by detecting and blocking an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani waters. The unsuspecting submarine was detected and localised south of Pakistani coast on 14 November.

<b>Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)</b>

"Thereafter, despite the submarine's desperate efforts to escape detection, it was continuously tracked by Pakistan Navy fleet units and pushed well clear of our waters," it said.

The charge by Pakistan came two days after its army chief Gen Raheel Sharif said his men killed 11 Indian soldiers in cross border firing across the Line of Control (LoC).

That statement too was denied by the Indian Army.

This is allegedly the video of the detected Indian submarine by the Pakistani newspaper Dawn.