STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Wednesday visited the Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters and was briefed about Tuesday’s terror attack in which seven securitymen including two officers and seven jawans were killed, even as combing operation to flush out any remaining militant continued.
Three terrorists were killed by security forces and combing operation to sanitise the area was nearing end.
Gen Suhag arrived in Nagrota in the afternoon and was briefed by the top commanders on the terror attack. He was also briefed about the combing operations.
He reviewed the security aspect post-terror attack and paid tributes to those killed in the strike.
“Combing operation resumed this morning at the camp. The area has to be cleared… Operation is on to see whether there is presence of any other militant in the area. We cannot take chances,” a senior army officer said.
‘Blinds’ (unexploded shells) were destroyed at the site of the terror attack by a bomb disposal team during the combing operation.
According to STATE TIMES correspondent, General Dalbir Singh Suhag is learnt to have expressed his unhappiness over poor vigil and complacent approach which led fidayeen to storm the army artillery unit in tightly guarded Corps Headquarters without facing much resistance.
Ahead of the arrival of Army Chief the entire army unit was cleared and explosive material scattered around the encounter site was cleared by the bomb disposal squad.
Overnight combing operations were resumed on Wednesday morning with break of the first light. The day long operation had left the entire security establishment in to tizzy as it has exposed their vulnerability to such terror strikes at will by heavily armed fidayeen.
Seven army personnel, including two officers, were killed in this attack before three terrorists were killed in an armed stand-off which also involved a hostage-like situation with 12 soldiers, two ladies and two children being held captive. All were rescued. Three terrorists were gunned down by BSF in Ramgarh area of Samba near the International Border after an encounter that lasted several hours and was followed by intense cross-border firing by Pakistani troops. Four security personnel, including BSF DIG, were injured in this incident.
