Asserting that Balochistan is a very important security concern for India, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said Pakistan should put an end to "operational atrocities" unleashed by Islamabad in the region.
"Balochistan is a very important security concern for India", Singh told reporters here.
Singh was replying to a question about India's reaction to the atrocities and operational terror by Pakistan on the people of Balochistan.
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"You cannot allow your neighbourhood to be on fire because sooner or later it is going to impact you, you cannot build a heaven inside and leave a hell outside," the minister said.
Singh said that it is example of a boundary wall with another house and the other house being constantly in trouble and sooner or later you run a risk of being impacted by it.
He asked Pakistan to put an end to operational atrocities and bring peace in the region.
The minister further said "Therefore, it is also part of our responsibility to safeguard the security concerns of India".
"We have to ensure that Balochistan, as a situation, is peaceful, is normal and there is an end to operational atrocities unleashed by Islamabad," Singh said.
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With regard to Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) dropping charges against an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack case citing a lack of evidence, Jitendra Singh said the government of India will deal with it appropriately.
"I think the Government of India and Ministry of External Affairs will take a call on it appropriately depending upon the inputs available about the sequence of events," said the MoS in PMO in response to a question on the development.
"But as far as India is concern, it is capable of meeting any eventuality and taking a call to whatever be the circumstances," Singh further said.
As per Pakistani media reports, FIA has submitted a charge-sheet before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) and placed the suspect, Sufiyan Zafar, in the second column, which means that no evidence was found against him.
Zafar was arrested last month on a charge of financing the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in November, 2008.
