Punjab Terror Attack Updates: Gun Battle Ends, 3 Terrorists Killed

The gun battle between security personnel and terrorists comes to an end. Three terrorists have been killed. District collector tells CNN-IBN that the operation is over. NDTV reports that two terrorists have been killed, intermittent firing is still on. Home Minister Rajnath Singh says cross-border attacks are taking place time and again. He said that India will give a befitting reply if attacked. BSF steps up vigil along the international border after the attack in Gurdaspur in Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal says militancy is a national problem, not a state problem. We need a national-level policy to tackle it. Where do these militants come from? The border, yes? If there was input why wasn’t the border shielded?– Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab CMHere is the sequence of events that led to the stand off between security forces and the terrorists in Gurdaspur. Venkaiah Naidu speaks in Lok Sabha over the Gurdaspur attack.The encounter is still underway. The Home Ministry will make a statement on the floor of the House once the operation is over. – Venkaiah Naidu, Parliamentary Affairs MinisterPrime Minister Modi in an emergency meeting with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu to discuss the situation. Pune, Nashik and Nagpur in Maharashtra put under high alert following the Punjab terror attack. An alert has also been sounded in Chandigarh, the common capital of both Punjab and Haryana.Home Secretary has called a meeting of all top internal security officers. Home Minister Rajnath Singh briefs the media,I cannot comment on the situation as it is developing as we speak. Operation is going on and the situation is under control. Have spoken to NSA and Home Secretary, operation is going on, don’t want to comment further. Have instructed BSF chief to alert the forces on the border.Army columns dispatched from Pathankot and Gurdaspur to cordon the area. Special Forces troops roped in, reports Pranav Kulkarni of Indian Express.NSG team reaches Gurdaspur.Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju briefs media,Encounter is still underway. Terrorists are holed up in an abandoned house. There is no hostage situation. We heard firing and ran to spot. We saw an injured man and the saw gunmen took his car and ran away. We came to know about half an hour later that he was shot but by the time we reached, he was dead. There were no people around. They snatched the car. They were wearing army uniforms.— Eyewitness Naval to ANIBombs found on a railway track in Gurdaspur- they were defused before any damage could be caused.— Harcharan Bains, advisor to Punjab CM to CNN-IBNSix civilians, three police home guards killed and four persons injured.Emergency Home Ministry meet at 10 AM. NSA Doval along with IB and RAW chief to attend the meeting which will be headed by the Home Secretary. Attack methodology similar to attacks in border belt of Jammu’: Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Gurdaspur terror attack to NDTV.Home Minister Rajnath Singh orders BSF to immediately move forces to Gurudaspur to assist police following attack by suspected terrorists.Home Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and discussed the situation.Singh assured Badal that full central assistance will be given to tackle the situation.Union Home Secretary L C Goyal has spoken to Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, and is monitoring the situation.Additional forces are being rushed in to Gurdaspur.- PTI6-7 families of police officials reportedly taken as hostages, reports CNN-IBN.Dinanagar police station, where the attack took place this morning, is situated close to the police official’s family quarters.Terrorists in army fatigues attacked a police station in Gurdaspur district in Punjab at around 5 this morning.Four terrorists in army fatigues arrived at Dinanagar in a Maruti Alto. The terrorists opened fire at a bus stand first and then entered the local police station.One person is reportedly dead and seven others injured.The terrorists are still hiding inside the police station.Dinanagar is situated 15 km from the India-Pakistan international border.The attackers are carrying automatic weapons. CNN-IBN’s Jyoti Kamal reports that there were earlier intelligence inputs of a likely attack in the state.Additional forces have been rushed to the area.Five live bombs have also been recovered from the Pathankot-Gurdaspur railway track, police said.Army commandos and a Quick Response Team (QRT) have also been called in.The attack assumes significance because there have been no major terrorist attacks in Punjab for years.(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)

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Punjab Terror Attack Updates: Gun Battle Ends, 3 Terrorists Killed

Live Updates: Terrorists who attacked a police station in Dinanagar have been neutralised.