Update: On 29 September 2016, Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh confirmed the Army’s policy of surgical strikes across the LoC against terrorists and their camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The DGMO informed media that the Army had carried out surgical strikes across the LoC on the night of 28th-29th September.

On 21st September The Quint had reported on the first such operation by the Indian Army’s Special Forces conducted on the night of 20th September. The details of the initial operation have since been revised and published here.