Baramulla Attack: 1 Security Personnel Dead, Terrorists Have Fled
Terrorists attacked BSF, army camps in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district last night
Since first light on Monday morning, security forces have launched a "search and cordon" operation in Kashmir's Baramulla, where terrorists attacked adjoining Army and Border Security Force (BSF) camps last night.
A BSF personnel has died and another is critically injured.
The terrorists, believed to be about three to four in number, have fled after an intense two-hour gun battle, sources said, and the entire area has been cordoned off as security forces search for them. The Baramulla highway that to leads to Handwara has been sealed.
The terrorists attacked the 46 Rashtriya Rifles camp of the Army and the adjacent BSF camp in main town Baramulla, about 60 km from capital Srinagar, in two groups at about 10.30 pm on Sunday. Heavy firing and loud grenade blasts were heard.
After about two hours of firing, the Army said the situation was "contained and under control."
The attackers had managed to enter the fringes of the BSF camp but met heavy gun fire from the Army and the BSF, on high alert since four Pakistani terrorists had sneaked into an army base in Uri, also in Baramulla district, and killed 19 soldiers two weeks ago.
The terrorists who attacked Baramulla yesterday are suspected to have entered India across the Jhelum river.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security adviser were briefed about the security situation in Baramulla.
Last week, the Indian Army said it had conducted surgical strikes across the Line of Control against teams of Pakistani terrorists waiting to infiltrate into India with the aim of attacking various places in Jammu and Kashmir and also several metros
(Source : ndtv.com)
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