Summary India Home Minister says terrorists who killed five 5 CRPF soldiers entered from Pakistan.
NEW DELHI (Online): Hours after terrorist struck in the heart of Srinagar leaving five CRPF jawans dead, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said on Wednesday that the attack seems to be work of militants who came from across the border in Pakistan.
Briefing reporters about the fidyayeen attack in Srinagar, Union Home Secretary RK Singh said the attack seems to be work of militants who came from across the border in Pakistan.
“Prima facie evidence suggests that these militants were from across the border. They were probably from Pakistan,” Singh was quoted as saying by Indian media.
“We had inputs of four militants having entered; now two are dead. All our units are alert,” he added.
“The two militants who managed to escape after the attack are also said to be from Pakistan. The four are believed to from the LeT.
A probe into the matter has been ordered and the security forces have been asked to take all preventive measures,” he said.
His statement came shortly after some militants stormed a CRPF camp adjoining a school in Bemina area of Srinagar killing five jawans and injuring at least seven others.
According to reports, militants sneaked inside a public school and opened indiscriminate firing on civilians, including school children who were playing cricket, and the security forces.
Two militants were shot dead by the security forces in the ensuing firing. Some civilians also sustained severe injuries in the incident.
LeT militant Hillal Maulavi is said to have carried out the brazen attack on the CRPF camp.
The security forces cordoned off the entire area to avoid any further casualty.
Senior security officials confirmed the killing of two militants in the cross firing.
"Five jawans have been martyred and seven have been injured," IGP (Kashmir) Abdul Gani Mir told reporters at the spot. Four to five CRPF jawans were among the injured, he said.
Mir further said it was not immediately clear whether there were two or three militants who hurled grenades and opened indiscriminate firing at the CRPF camp.
"Two fidayeen (suicide militants) were neutralized by the security forces," Mir said.
He said the group affiliation and identity of the militants killed in the incident was a matter of investigation.
The firing, which was suspended for some time, resumed after more gunshots were heard in the locality.
Meanwhile, a massive search operation was also launched to ascertain if more militants were hiding in the area.
