India on Monday tore into Pakistan during a debate at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), accusing Islamabad of "misdirecting the world with hyperbole".

India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, made the scathing remark in response to Pakistan’s allegation that Kashmiri women had been enduring “sexual violence” for decades.

Harish termed Pakistan a country that “bombs its own people” and cited the systematic genocide and mass rape by its army in 1971.

"Every year, we are unfortunately fated to listen to the delusional tirade of Pakistan against my country, especially on Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian territory they covet. Our pioneering record on the Women, Peace and Security agenda is unblemished and unscathed," he said.

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