Patiala, May 9 -- As India-Pakistan tensions escalated, retired Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Gurinder Singh Dhillon, on Thursday praised the Indian armed forces for their strong response to cross-border terrorism and said the action against terror camps was "commendable."

"First of all, the action being taken by Indian armed forces is commendable. We are with border states... there was only one way to fight the cross-border terrorism, that was to destroy the sites where terrorists were they get trained. India targeted 9 sites of terrorists, and it was a great action. Pakistan is desperately putting efforts to retaliate...," said Dhillon while speaking to ANI.

He also urged residents of border areas to remain calm and ex...