27th JULY 2015 TERRORISTS ATTACK GURDASPUR PUNJAB 13 DEAD
Gurdaspur attacks LIVE: 3 terrorists killed in gunbattle, 1 held
The information and broadcasting ministry on Monday asked TV channels not to show live coverage of the ongoing anti-terrorism operations in Dinanagar town of Gurdaspur district in Punjab and said some channels carried such telecasts in violation of rules.
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Gunmen have attacked a police station and a bus in Punjab's Gurdaspur.
Here are the live updates:
-- Security personnel have captured 1 terrorist alive while 3 others have been killed in the gunbattle, sources said. -- Security personnel now carrying out mopping up operation in the building. A floor-to-floor search operation in on in the abandoned building where the terrorists were holed up.
-- The remaining two terrorists killed in a grenade blast.
-- Punjab police wrap up encounter in Dinanagar . All All terrorists killed, search operation on.
-- 1 terrorist killed, 1 injured and 2 holed up. The terrorists, numbering 4, are believed to have come from Pakistan.
-- Sources said the ongoing Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir and the August 15 celebrations were on terrorists' target
--The terror attack in Punjab on Monday that has claimed seven lives is expected to end "in an hour or two", a home ministry official said on Monday.
-- The terror drama began around 5.30 a.m. when the terrorists hijacked a passing car on the outskirts of Dinanagar after shooting its driver.
--Don't show live coverage of terror attack: Government to TV channels
--MHA will make a statement once the Gurdaspur terror attack is over.
--High alert in Uttar Pradesh following Gurdaspur attack.
--Gurdaspur Terror Attack: Injured security personnel says that there is a woman terrorist among the other attackers.
-SP (detective) of Gurdaspur Baljeet Singh killed in the encounter
Terrorists who stormed a police station in Punjab on Monday shot and killed Superintendent of Police Baljit Singh, police said.Singh suffered injuries in the gunbattle between security forces and the militants holed up in the police station in this town near the border with Pakistan, police officials said. Singh, who headed the detective branch of police in Gurdaspur, succumbed to his wounds in a hospital.
--Delhi Police special cell is also going to Gurdaspur.
-Army and NSG are on standby, operation being conducted by Punjab Police Commandos: MHA sources.
-Security tightened at the North Block after Gurdaspur terror incident.
-Alert sounded in Parliament premises, security forces at spot.
-Dog squad in Punjab railway stations, all trains and tracks being checked by railway police .
-Ludhiana (Punjab) on high alert after Gurdaspur incident. Sniffer dogs put in action.
-Bomb disposal of explosives on railway track being presently tackled by Army.
-Special Forces team has also reached the location which has been cordoned off.
-Gurdaspur: Bomb disposal of explosives on railway track being presently tackled by Army.
-Security level enhanced in Jammu and Kashmir.
The shortest distance from Dinanagar, Punjab, to the International border between India and Pakistan is just 14km.
-Samba (J&K) on high alert after Gurdaspur incident.
-Bomb disposal of explosives on track being presently tackled by Army.
-Kiren Rijiju says he is ready with the statement and will speak on the floor of the house if need be.
-Home Minister Rajnath Singh orders BSF to immediately move forces to Gurdaspur to assist police following attack by suspected terrorists.
-Intelligence branches Issued alerts to all districts,increased vigilance on inter-state border: Manoj Bhatt, DGP Rajasthan.
-IB sounds an alert in wake of the terror attack in Punjab. Maharashtra put on alert including sensitive cities like Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur.
-We have engaged them in an encounter, they are in building adjoined to PS, our people on the job: Ishwar Chander.
-Special forces have moved there: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Gurdaspur terror attack .
-Home Minister Rajnath Singh: Operation is still on, I will not make any comments. We will be successful in operation.
-Gurdaspur terror attack: PM Narendra Modi to meet top Ministers at 10:30am, Union Home Secretary LC Goyal to be present.
-Around 100 Army troops has reached Gurudaspur from Pathankot. Army also called special forces jawans to neutralise terrorists.
-Attack is serious, can't give details as operation is going on, no hostage situation reported so far: Kiren Rijiju
No one has been taken hostage in the militant attack at Punjab's Dinanagar town, said union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday. "Yes there have been reports that there was a terror attack at the Punjab border (town) but as of now there is no information regarding hostages being held. We are looking into it and once I get some more information, I will come out with it," Rijiju told. The minister of state for home affairs also said that "...since the attacks are really serious, we can't reveal any data as of now as the operation is on".
-BSF called in high level meeting in Jodhpur after the Gurdaspur terror attack.
-Following the Gurdaspur attack, Delhi police on high alert.
-Encounter is still underway. Terrorists are holed up in an abandoned house: Kiren Rijiju, MoS MHA.
-Punjab-Rajasthan border put on high alert
-NSG team reaches Gurdaspur
-Rajnath Singh will be meeting NSA, IB and RAW chief, Home Secretary and other top officials at 10 am.
-Home Minister Rajnath Singh orders BSF to immediately move forces to Gurudaspur to assist police following attack by suspected terrorists.
-There are around 15 terrorist inside the police station.
-Punjab: Five live bombs found on railway track.
- Terrorists take family of policemen hostage; Director General of Police rushes to the spot.
- Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal and National Security Agency
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Singh also spoke to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Union Home Secretary L C Goyal and reviewed the situation in Gurudaspur where 3 to 4 suspected terrorists wearing Army uniforms opened fire at a bus and attacked a police station early today leaving at least seven persons injured.
- Will be interested to see identity of terrorists, says former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
-BSF steps up vigil on Western border; death toll rises to three
-BSF steps up vigil on Western border; death toll rises to three
-Army anti-terror specialists reach Gurdaspur encounter site.
-Home Ministry confirms it's a terror attack; 1 dead, 9 injured
- People in military uniform in Gurudaspur district in Punjab fired on a passenger bus and then entered into a police station, firing continues between police and assailants.
In a suspected Fidayeen attack, terrorists in army uniforms resorted to indiscriminate firing in Punjab's Dinanagar town, leaving at least three person dead and nine injured, including police officials.
The town is close to the border of Jammu and Kashmir state. It is about 235 km from Chandigarh.
A gun battle was on between the terrorists, holed up inside a police station, and security forces. Five bombs were found on the Amritsar-Pathankot railway track.
The terrorists, believed to have come from Pakistan border side, fired at people near the Dinanagar bus stand and then attacked the Dinanagar police station. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists fired on a bus going towards Jammu and later moved towards the police station.
Army and police reinforcements were rushed to the spot and an encounter with the terrorists was on at the police station.
Police sources said three to four terrorists in army uniforms and carrying automatic weapons were hiding inside the police station. They hijacked a car from a nearby highway and came to the Dinanagar bus stand around 5.30 a.m.
Punjab Police sources said the incident indicated that it was a Fidayeen attack.
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Gurdaspur attack: 3 militants killed after gunfight at police station
- Aseem Bassi and Vinay Dhingra, Hindustan Times, Dinanagar/New Delhi |
- Updated: Jul 27, 2015 19:34 IST
A group of three to four attackers came in a white Maruti car after hijacking it from the Old Pathankot-Gurdaspur road and opened fire at the police station around 5.30am. (AFP Photo)
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Three terrorists were shot dead 11 hours after they stormed a police station in Punjab's Gurdaspur district and fought an intense gunbattle with security forces on Monday. Police personnel present at the spot said firing from the building the attackers were holed up in had stopped.
Six people, including a senior police officer, two home guards personnel and three civilians, were killed in the attack. Police officials said that exact details of the number of terrorists killed would emerge only after the combing operation by the Punjab Police and other security agencies ended.
India tightened security on its border with Pakistan after the attack. Punjab police's superintendent of police (detective) Baljeet Singh died in the gunbattle with the terrorists.
Armed police exchanged fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station after the assault began at about 5.30am. Around seven sharpshooters were deployed in an armoured vehicle to take out the terrorists.
Gunshots were heard as security forces surrounded the building in the town of Dinanagar, about 15 km from the international border. Soldiers were also deployed, at least one armed with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher. Punjab Police personnel said they heard the terrorists shout ‘Allah hu Akbar’ — Arabic for ‘God is great’.
Senior police officers, including Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, went inside the besieged police station complex once the state's police's special forces gave the signal that the terrorists had been neutralised.
Jitendra Singh, a junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, said he did not rule out Pakistan's involvement. "There have been earlier also reports of Pakistan infiltration and cross-border mischief in this area," said Singh, whose constituency in the Jammu region borders Gurdaspur.
Watch: Terrorists attack Gurdaspur police station
Union home minister Rajnath Singh said he had spoken to the head of the Border Security Force and "instructed him to step up the vigil on India-Pakistan border". An alert was sounded in the Parliament complex after the Gurdaspur attack. Security was tightened at the North Block after the terror incident.
The terrorists struck a moving bus in Dinanagar at 5.30am, spraying bullets at passengers, injuring four. The assailants then targeted a health centre followed by a building where the families of police personnel reside and hurled grenades before entering the police station.
The army was mobilised as the 'fidayeen' militants were holed up in Dinanagar police station complex.
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According to the police, the attackers first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a Maruti 800 with Punjab registration number. They shot dead a roadside vendor near the Dinanagar bypass.
They then opened fire on the bus before targeting a community health centre adjacent to the Dinanagar police station. The gunmen then entered the Dinanagar police station and opened fire in which five policemen were seriously injured.
The militants also targeted another part of the complex where the families of police personnel reside.
Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said reports the attackers were holding people hostage inside the police station appeared to be false.
The incident took place 11km away from Gurdaspur city - close to the India-Pakistan border - and 80km away from Amritsar.
Television footage showed the white Maruti car with its windshield peppered with bullet holes, and broken glass and bullet casings on the passenger seat.
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Five bombs were also found on a railway track in the state, suggesting a coordinated series of attacks around the time India is marking the anniversary of a near-war with Pakistan in northern Kashmir in 1999.
The improvised explosive devices didn't go off despite a passenger train from Pathankot to Amritsar passing over them at 5.15am as the wires were not properly connected, said deputy superintendent of police Pathankot (rural) Prabhjot Singh Virk. The IEDs were not immediately defused as the army's bomb disposal unit from Jalandhar was awaited.
The home minister spoke to Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on the Gurdaspur siege. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with Union ministers Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu to discuss the situation.
Bombs recovered from the railway tracks. (ANI Photo)
"The MHA is monitoring the situation in Gurdaspur and Punjab," he posted on Twitter. He said he was hopeful that the situation will be soon brought under control.
Officials said schools, colleges and other institutions were shut in the town in view of the incident.
The attack in Punjab was eerily similar to attacks in the border belt of Jammu, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted. "Will be very interested to see what emerges about the identity of the terrorists involved in the Gurdaspur attack this morning," Abdullah tweeted.
Army commandos and a Quick Response Team (QRT) were called in to tackle the situation.
India observed the Kargil Diwas on Sunday to salute its soldiers who fought against Pakistani troops and guerrillas who sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir in 1999.
The incident comes weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif spoke for about an hour during a summit in Russia, raising hopes of an improvement in perennially difficult relations.
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Terror attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur: All you need to know
Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2015 - 17:10
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Chandigarh: Four heavily armed terrorists wearing Army fatigues on Monday went on a rampage attacking a bus and a police station complex, leaving five persons, including a policeman, dead and several injured in Gurdaspur district bordering Pakistan.
Authorities said that five people were killed in the terror attack, while unconfirmed reports said the toll may be higher. While a militant has been killed by the security forces, three others are holed up inside the Dinanagar police station.
A gun battle raged between the terrorists, holed up inside the Dinanagar police station, and security forces, including soldiers.
The encounter ended at around 5 pm, after hours firing from both sides.
The terrorists struck a moving bus at Dinanagar area at 5 am, spraying bullets at passengers, injuring four. The assailants then targeted a health centre followed by a building where the families of police personnel reside and hurled grenades before entering the police station.
Army columns have been mobilised as the 'fidayeen' militants were holed up in Dinanagar police station complex. Special forces too have been deployed and a gunbattle was on several hours after the mayhem started.
According to police, the attackers first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a Maruti 800 with Punjab registration number. They shot dead a roadside vendor near Dinanagar bypass.
They then opened fire on the bus before targeting a community health centre adjacent to Dinanagar police station, killing three civilians including a woman and a policeman.
The police station, adjoining government hospital, residential quarters inside the police station and nearby private houses were quickly cordoned off by security forces.
Some media reports said that the terrorists came from Narowal in Pakistan and militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba is behind the terror attack.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he had spoken to director general of Border Security Force (BSF) DK Pathak and instructed him to step up the vigil on India-Pakistan border in the wake of attack in Gurdaspur.
First Published: Monday, July 27, 2015 - 12:44
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