Pakistani-made grenades hit an army camp in Pathankot; Police call it a terrorist attack
The border areas of Pathankot and Gurdaspur are on high alert; Police found a car allegedly used in the attack. The border areas of Pathankot and Gurdaspur are on high alert after two motorcyclists hit a Pakistani hand grenade at low intensity at a military camp in Pathankot in the middle of the night.
Top officials described the incident as a “terrorist attack” Pakistani-made grenades after an initial investigation. IG (Border Range) Mohit Chawla, who rushed out of Amritsar early in the morning, oversees the investigation. Although there were no reports of victims, the police took no chances and reported them.
Police found the I-20 on the outskirts of town. “The car was stolen from Harchowal and crashed in Sri Hargobindpur on October 28. The defendants used this car at one point in the crime. It was a fake number plate. The investigation is ongoing,” said a senior officer involved in the investigation. Official.
By morning the city had turned into a fortress with police officers stationed at strategic locations. An ammunition depot in the Mamun district, which is the country’s largest arms depot, was immediately secure.
SSP Surendra Lamba and his officers arrive on the scene within 30 minutes and were then order to set up a dozen checkpoints in the Pathankot area.
The SSP said the surveillance video footage was being examined near Triveni Dwar, the exact location of the Pakistani-made grenades attack. The gate which is located on the edge of this campsite also functions as a gate. Minutes after the explosion, inspections of the congested Jammu-Pathankot National Highway were intensified, except for the national roads leading to Gurdaspur and Amritsar.
At the nearby Gurdaspur Police Station, the police took part in the course. “All vehicles on Pathankot-Gurdaspur and Gurdaspur-Amritsar on Batala National Highway were check. As a result, security has been improve in several other key installations,” said SSP Nanak Singh.
The attack was carry out under a high level of security, just 500 meters from the outer wall of the air force station. On January 2, 2016, four Jaish-e-Mohammad fighters surrounded the airbase. Fierce fighting for 48 hours ensued, killing all the terrorists. However, before entering the base, the terrorists kidnap SP Salwinder Singh.
Six months earlier, three terrorists from Lashkar-e-Toiba broke into the Dinanagar police station, 20 km from the air force base, from the village of Bamiyal near the international border. An eight-hour gun battle ensued in which seven people died, including three intruders and SP Baljeet Singh.
