India, May 7 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday praised the Indian military for conducting Operation Sindoor and claimed that they had followed the ideology of Lord Hanuman and only killed those who were responsible for the death of innocent people.

Rajnath Singh said that through Operation Sindoor, India has used its 'Right to Respond' to the attack on its soil. Follow Operation Sindoor live updates

In the early hours of Wednesday, India carried out military strikes at nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under 'Operation Sindoor', in response to the deadly April 22 terrorist attack of Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

Rajnath Singh also said, "We have followed the ideology of Lord Hanuman to kil...