Srinagar, May 15 -- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that killing innocent people is the "karma" of the terrorists, whereas eliminating them is the "bhartiya dharm" of India.

He asserted that the armed forces killed the terrorists by looking at their "karma" as they killed innocent people by looking at their "dharma" and that was Pakistan's "karma".

"Terrorists killed innocent people in Pahalgam by asking their 'dharma' (religion they follow). The entire world saw the reply you gave after that...We killed terrorists by looking at their 'karma' (deeds). They killed the innocent by looking at their 'dharma', this was Pakistan's 'karma'. We eliminated them by looking at their 'karma', this is our 'Bharatiya dharma'", Rajnath...