Gurdaspur Terror Attack........

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In the first major terror strike in Punjab in eight years, heavily-armed militants in army uniform on Monday sprayed bullets on a moving bus and stormed a police station, killing six persons, including an SP, and injuring eight others in Gurdaspur bordering Pakistan.

 

One militant was killed and another seriously injured in the gunbattle with security forces that stretched for over 10 hours as the terrorists, who went of a rampage at around 5 AM, were holed up in a vacant building adjacent to Dinanagar police station.

 

The terrorists have killed six persons-- three civilians and three policemen including Superintendent of Police (Detective), Baljit Singh, a Punjab provincial service officer, police said.

 

According to Punjab Police IG (Counter Intelligence) Gaurav Yadav, SP Baljit Singh succumbed to bullet injuries sustained in the gunbattle

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09:10 am Army commandos and a Quick Response Team (QRT) have also been called in.

09:00 am Union Home Secretary L.C. Goyal has spoken to Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, and is monitoring the situation.

 

 

08:45 am Rajnath Singh speaks to Home Secretary and NSA regarding the situation in Gurudaspur. Security forces have been rushed to the spot.

08:42 am The timing of the attack, methodology & location are all eerily similar to attacks in the border belt of Jammu, says former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

08:38 am Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

 

 

08:34 am One person reportedly dead and seven injured in the gunfight.

08:33 am Firing underway between police and gunmen

08:32 am Army unit reaches the attack site, Punjab SWAT rushes to spot, NSG team also moved, reports ANI

08:30 am Sources say the gunmen hijacked a car before attacking the police barracks.

08:25 am Senior police officer Dinkar Gupta says the attack occurred early Monday and the attackers are believed to have come from PoK.

08:20 am Five live bombs were recovered from railway track near Gurdaspur.

08:10 am Police reinforcements were rushed to the spot and a counter-offensive by security forces was initiated.

08:00 am The terrorists fired at people near the Dinanagar bus stand and then attacked the Dinanagar police station.

07:55 am Eyewitnesses said that the terrorists, numbering 4-5, were in army uniforms and were carrying automatic weapons.

07:35 am Militants have fired at a bus station and entered police barracks.

07:30 am Gunmen in uniform reportedly fired indiscriminately in Punjab’s Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district.

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bombs planted on railway track

 

 

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Live bomb recovered from MG Road in Nashik, Maharashtra; Bomb disposal Squad at the spot.

 

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In view of the Punjab terror attack early in the morning, intelligence agencies have sounded alert in four prominent cities of Maharashtra, including Mumbai. 

 

"Intelligence agencies have sounded a high alert for Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur cities. Intelligence agencies have told us that there should be high security for a few days in places like malls, railway stations and cinema halls as there could be a possible terror attack in one of these cities in the coming days," Minister of State for Home Ram Shinde told PTI.

 

All the units of the Mumbai police have been asked to be on alert. "All our units in the state have been alerted and told to keep a tab on every suspicious person or group," state anti-terrorism squad chief Vivek Phansalkar said.

 

The Nagpur police have already beefed up security in the city suspecting possible terror attacks as 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon is scheduled to be hanged on 30 July in Central Prison of the city.

Meanwhile, Delhi has also been put on red alert and security has been beefed up within the premises of the Parliament

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Encounter ends; 3 civilians, 4 policemen dead

 

All militants were killed and another one seriously injured in the gunbattle with security forces that stretched for over 10 hours