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Point 5353 was never under India's control

NEW DELHI, AUG. 11. The Army today clarified that Point 5353 in the Batalik sector in Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir was never under India's control.

Reacting to media reports that Pakistani forces were still controlling the peak, a spokesman here said ``in accordance with the Shimla Agreement the LoC passes through Point 5353. This point was never under our control either before or after `Operation Vijay' in Kargil.

- PTI

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