[Gurudaspur,New Delhi]Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Moves BSF To Counter Suspected Terrorists Attack In Gurudaspur Home Minister Rajnath Directed BSF to immediately move forces to Gurudaspur to assist police following attack by suspected terrorists.
Rajnath Also Contacted to Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal On This Issue
In the wake of attack by suspected terrorists in Gurudaspur today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and assured him full central assistance to tackle the situation.
The Home Minister said the central government is monitoring the situation and he was confident that the situation would be brought under control.
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.
NSG commandos are also likely rush to Punjab.In a suspected terror attack, gunmen wearing army uniform today went on a rampage attacking a bus, a health centre and a police station, leaving five persons, including a policeman, dead and several injured in Gurdaspur district of Punjab.
Earlier Indian Army has launched an operation against the militants numbering about five who are holed up in Dinanagar police station complex.
The assailants also targeted a building where the families of police personnel reside and threw grenades.
According to police, the mayhem started at about 5 AM when the attackers first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a car after killing a person who was sleeping near Dinanagar bypass.
They also targeted a Bus And a community health centre adjacent Dinanagar police station, in which a policeman and three civilians including a woman who were present in the premises were killed.
The gunmen entered the Dinanagar police station and opened fire on policemen there in which five policemen were seriously injured.
They then targeted other part of the building where the families of police personnel reside.