At a press conference on 30 August 2000 , an opposition party leader , Ram Kumar Anand , alleged that besides Point 5353 , which , he said was 300 to 500 metres inside the Indian territory , Pakistan was still in occupation of five other peaks in Kargil on the Indian side along the LoC . He supplied reporters with several documents to challenge the Indian Army 's claim that Point 5353 was never in Indian possession . He claimed that India stationed army personnel on Point 5353 in 1992 – 93 , who then cut off the supply routes of the Pakistani positions along the Line of Control . He reported that the Indian Army then said , the Point 5353 is " within our LoC and that we have every right to patrol the area . " He also claimed that an Indian Army platoon , led by Major Navneet Mehta had tried to recapture the peak on 18 May 1999 but the attempt had failed . He demanded that " a fact-finding team of five Parliamentarians should be constituted to go to the LoC to verify the facts . " Pakistan , the very next day , on 31 August , denied the allegations . '' BBC News '' quoted Pakistan 's Foreign Ministry 's spokesman as saying that " Pakistan respected the Line of Control ( LoC ) with India " and its troops had not violated the ceasefire line . The BBC news report noted that Anand 's claim " followed a report in an Indian newspaper that a strategic peak , Point 5353 , was under Pakistani occupation . " In response to Anand 's allegations , Indian defence ministry on 1 September 2000 issued a press release that stated : " It is clarified that Point 5353 is on the line of control and not inside the territory under India 's control " and " the controversy being raked up on this issue is based on distorted facts as borne out from maps of delineation between India and Pakistan in 1972 . " It further stated that " the ground situation is well-known to the government and India ’s posture along the LoC is militarily sound with an edge over the other side " , adding that " the latest controversy appears to be motivated and is harmful to India 's security interest . " Ashok Mehta said that in the encounter with RK Anand , the Indian Army was " forced to reveal certain information , which in national interest should have remained under wraps " , adding that " Pakistan was prompt to report that it had not violated the Line of Control in Kargil . " General Ved Prakash Malik , Indian Army Chief of Staff during the Kargil war , in his book '' Kargil : From Surprise to Victory '' provides the rebuttal to Anand 's allegations : In August 2000 , an opposition party leader held a press conference and , without ascertaining facts from the Army , claimed that Pakistan was continuing to occupy six peaks on our side of the LoC in Kargil . The Army was once again brought into this political crossfire . It was alleged that the Army had not disclosed the true facts . There were several critical reports in the media the next day . Despite denials by Army Headquarters , and even by the Pakistani military spokesman , the controversy continued . A rather vicious report was published in the Statesman , New Delhi , in the first week of September 1999 . When factual details were conveyed to the then editor-in-chief , C.R. Irani ( who passed away on 23 July 2005 ) , a journalist known for his courage and convictions , he promptly wrote an editorial entitled ' Sorry Chief ! We Apologize for the Publication Yesterday ' . In this column , he not only apologized but also condemned political leaders tending to denigrate the Army by making unverified statements . The Point 5353 controversy erupted once again during " Operation Parakram " ( India 's Code name for its military mobilization along the India – Pakistan border ) which began on 13 December 2001 , in response to the terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament . By this time the area north and east of Zojila Pass , including Leh , came under the newly raised XIV Corps
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