PM vows to hunt down those behind terror attacks in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said he believed in "barging into the houses of terrorists and killing them" as he vowed to find out those responsible for terror attacks in India "even if they hide in bowels of the earth".

Modi's comments indicated that last week's air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Pakistan won't be India's last such action against terrorism emanating from the neighbouring country.

He targeted the opposition for playing "vote-bank politics" and not taking steps to curb terrorism that has been hurting India for 40 years when they were in power.

"They (the opposition) say it is a game of election. Where was election when we carried out surgical strikes for the first time (in September 2016)? 'Ye hamara siddhant hai, ki ghar mein ghus kar maarenge' (it is our principle that we will kill them by barging into their house)," he asserted.

"I am not going to spare them even if they hide in the bowels of the earth (saatve pataal)," he said in his address, seen