NEW DELHI: On his first day in office, Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Friday warned Pakistan that India’s response to any beheading-like incident in future would be “more than adequate, intense and immediate.”

“I can tell you that our response to any such act will be more than adequate in future. It will be intense and immediate,” he told reporters after his welcome guard of honour as Chief of Army Staff.

General Suhag also expressed his gratitude to the government for reposing faith in him. BJP had earlier opposed the process of designating General Suhag as the new chief by the government in its last days in office in May. Listing out his focus areas, General Suhag said they would be to enhance operational preparedness and the effectiveness of the Indian army.

“Force modernisation, infrastructure development, optimisation of human resources, welfare of serving personnel and ex-servicemen are issues that are very close to my heart,” he added.—INP