SP Gurdaspur Sardar Baljit Singh were martyred in the crossfire between the terrorist and the Indian army and police. The blame game has started between the center and the state for the responsibility on this.Carelessness of some has cost about 13 precious life's which could be saved if everyone did there work properly.
In a suspected terror attack, gunmen wearing army uniform on Monday attacked a bus, a health centre and a police station, leaving 13 persons, including three policeman and three militants, dead and several injured in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
According to reports, the Gurdaspur encounter is over as all terrorists holed up in the police station have been killed.
Many injured when heavily-armed terrorists wearing Army fatigues hijacked a car, drove down to this town in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, peppered the bus stand with bullets and then stormed a police station -- shattering two decades of calm in the state. A Security alert has been sounded in the Parliament premises, with security forces deployed at the site, in the wake of the Gurdaspur terror attack.
Security has also been tightened at the North Block after the terror incident, which has so far claimed the lives of 10 people, including six civilians.
Meanwhile, security measures have also been enhanced in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier held a high-level meeting in Parliament with Union Ministers Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu.
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has condemned the attack, saying his prayers were with the families of those of who lost their lives in the attack.
IG Border Zone, Ishwar Chander, said there is no hostage situation till now while Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that Special Forces have been deployed in Gurdaspur and the counter insurgency forces are already there.
At 13:42 PM, Home Minister Rajnath Singh orders BSF to immediately move forces to Gurudaspur to assist police following attack by suspected terrorists.
At 13:20 PM : Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu says the government will make a statement in the Parliament after the encounter is over.
The senior BJP leader appeals to all the political parties to stand united and speak in one voice against Gurudaspur terror attack incident.
In an apparent reference to the Congress, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister maintains that political parties should refrain from playing politics on terror related incidents.
13:03 PM : Punjab's Superintendent of Police (Detective) Baljit Singh dies in gunbattle with terrorists in Gurdaspur, informs IG Gaurav Yadav.
At 13:03 PM : An injured security personnel confirmed that there is a woman terrorist among the other attackers, according to news agency ANI.
At 12:58 PM : Condeming the terror attack in Gurdaspur, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal assures all measures will be taken to maintain law and order and the safety of people in the state.
Badal, who is on a visit to Poland starting today, asks people to remain calm and maintain peace and harmony in the state.
At 12:45 PM : Indian Youth Congress members protest over Gurdaspur terror attack and demand Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal's resignation.
At 12:36 PM : Commenting on the Gurudas terror attack incident, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal says, militancy a national problem, not a state problem.
The SAD leader emphasises on formulating a national policy for tackling terrorism.
Badal says: "The terrorists didn't come from Punjab, they come from border. If there was an input then it was their (MHA) job to seal the border. If there was input why wasn't the border sealed?"
At 12:13 PM : Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Anand Sharma condemns the terror attack in Punjab. The Congress MP questioned Pakistan's intentions in improving Indo-Pak relations.
He appealed to the Indian government to give a befitting reply to such provocation.
"The terror attack raises many questions about the intention of Pakistan and India and the people of this country strongly condemn this attack and the loss of lives in the ongoing militant attack," Sharma says.
"If the reports of militants coming from Pakistan are true then surely its is a failure of Intelligence agencies and security forces," Sharma adds.
The Congress leader asks PM Narendra Modi to break his silence and tell the nation what happened after his meeting with Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif in Russia.
At 12:07 PM : Security tightened n Parliament premises after Gurdaspur terror incident.
At 11:51 AM : Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's advisor Harcharan Bains says the Punjab Police is giving a befitting reply to the terrorists, who have attacked the Dina Nagar Police Station in border district ofGurdaspur.
Bains confirms that Punjab Police is dealing with the situation, the other forces are standing by for any possible help that we might require.
At 11:50 AM : A high alert has been sounded and security strengthened across Punjab, neighbouring Haryana and Union Territory of Chandigarh in the wake of the terror attack which came less than three weeks before the country's Independence Day.
At 11:32 AM : Security forces in Punjab went on "maximum alert" in the wake of suspected terror attack in Gurdaspur district. A senior police official says that in view of the attack, "maximum alert" has been sounded across the state and security has been beefed up along its borders with neighbouring Jammu and Kashmir.
At 11:32 AM : Border Zone, Ishwar Chander, confirms there was no hostage situation in the Gurdaspur terror attacks. "Four-five people attacked police station in the morning, we have engaged them in an encounter. We are on the job, there is nohostage situation, it is a Punjab police commando op," says Sharma.
At 11:14 AM : Reports say that the terrorists came form Pakistan's Norwal.
At 11:08 AM : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday described the militant attack at Punjab's Dinanagar town as "cowardly".
At 11:07 AM : Press Information Bureau confirms that so far five persons, including three civilians and two police personnel have been killed in Gurdaspur terror attack incident.
At 11:03 AM : Centre to make a statement in Parliament on Punjab terror attack later in the day.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expected to brief the media in Parliament complex shortly.
At 10:54 AM : Gurdaspur terror attack: No one taken hostage, says Rijiju
At 10:52 AM : The government of India is capable enough to deal with the situation, says Jitendra Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister's Office following a militant attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur district on Monday. "This is a zone which has been vulnerable for quite some time. There have been reports of Pak infiltration earlier also," Jitendra Singh says.
At 10:45 AM : PM Narendra Modi chairs high level meeting with Union Ministers Manohar Parrikar, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu in Parliament complex.
At 10:42 AM Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar says the Home Minsitry is closely monitoring the situation and it will not be appropriate to him to make any comments as the operation is till underway.
"Counter insurgency and counter terror special forces are engaging with the militants, the operation will soon be over," Parrikar asserts.
At 10:34 AM : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi condemns the terror attack and expresses condolences to the families of the deceased.
At 10:32 AM : Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks to mediaperosns, says he is confident that the security forces will soon eliminate the terrorists and successfully end the operation. While refusing to divulge further details, Rajnath says the Centre is closely monitoring the situation will make a statement after the operation is over.
At 10:31 AM : PM Narendra Modi to meet senior ministers shortly to deliberate on Gurdaspur terror attack.
At 10:20 AM : Punjab terror attack: High alert across nation, India-Pakistan border
At 10:06 AM : Ministry of Home Affairs confirms of no hostage situation in Punjab's Gurdaspur.
At 10:04 AM : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju says encounter is still underway. Rijiju, however, refused to divulge any details regarding the incident.
At 10:00 AM : Some reports say that all the cops in Dinanagar Police Station have been killed by the militants. The assailants also targeted a building where the families of police personnel reside and threw grenades.
At 09:55 AM : Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh condemns the terror attack in Punjab. He tweets:
At 09:49 AM: Punjab Congres leader Pratap Singh Bajwa suspects the terror attack as a joint operation between J&K militants and Khalistani militants, who underwent training in Pakistan's Punjab province.
At 09:44 AM : Reports say that one terrorist has been killed by the security forces inside the police station in Gurdaspur. One Punjab SSG jawan is reported to be injured in the gunfight.
At 09:40 AM : Punjab Special Security Group (SSG) reaches the spot to help the security officials to eliminate the terrorists.
At 09:36 AM : Terror attack: Rajnath Singh speaks to Badal on Gurudaspur
At 09:30 AM : Reports suggest that Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) is behind the Punjab terror attack. LeT was responsible for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, which killed 166 people.
At 09:25 AM : Terrorists attack a hospital near police station in Gurdaspur. Two patients are reported to de dead in the firing.
At 09:23 AM : Home Minister Rajnath Singh to convene a meeting with NSA Ajit Doval and Home Secretary LC Goyal soon. Earlier, Singh spoke to Doval and Goyal to review the situation in Gurudaspur.
At 09:16 AM: As the terrorists continues to create mayhem inside a police station in Punjab's Gurdaspur, Army takes charge of the operation.
At 09:14 AM : Death toll of Gurdaspur terror attack increases to five.
At 09:13 AM : The assailants came in a car and they first opened fire at a moving bus which was coming to Punjab side from Jammu and Kashmir on the Amaritsar-Pathankot highway. Four passengers were injured in it, who have been hospitalised, SSP Gurdaspur Gurpreet Singh says.
At 09:13 AM: The attackers, who were wearing Army uniform, then entered the Dinanagar Police Station and also opened fire at the police personnel. Three persons were injured there including Dinanagar SHO Mukhtiar Singh, he further says.
At 09:05 AM
A major railway tragedy was averted after five live bombs found near a bridge on the railway track on the Amritsar-Pathankot section. The bombs were carefully wired to the railway track at a small bridge near Parmanand railway station, five km from Dinanagar.
At 08:52 AM : Reacting to the unfortunate incident National Conference leader Omar Abdullah tweeted:
"Will be very interested to see what emerges about the identity of the terrorists involved in the Gurdaspur attack this morning." "The timing of the attack, methodology & location are all eerily similar to attacks in the border belt of Jammu," his another tweet says.
At 08:52 AM : Giving his first reaction on the terrorist attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh expressed confidence saying the situation will soon be brought under control.
At 08:49 AM : The Home Ministry has also dispatched a team of National Security Guards (NSG) to help in neutralising the gunmen.
At 08:48 AM : 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.
At 08:47 AM : Suspected terrorists from Pakistan early Monday fired indiscriminately in Punjab’s Dinanagar town in the frontier district of Gurdaspur, leaving at least three people killed and five injured. The terrorists fired at people near the Dinanagar bus stand and then attacked the Dinanagar police station. Dinanagar town is close to the Jammu and Kashmir border. 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 gunmen then entered the Dinanagar police station and opened fire in which five policemen were seriously injured.
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