Attack on BSF convoy in JK, 2 jawans, militant killed

Sources said that the terrorists opened fire from a hillock along the highway and hurled grenades.

Police sources said Mirror that a BSF bus was on its way from Srinagar when the terrorists ambushed it near Narsu Nallah in Udhampur on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway.

A team of the National Investigation Agency is expected to reach Jammu today to interrogate the terrorist who was arrested following an attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.

Terrorists had carried out back-to-back attacks on the Rajbagh police station in Kathua and an Army camp in adjoining Samba district in March 2014. “The topography and the terrain of the state is very challenging, weather is also of extreme nature and all these factors together prohibit free movement of people from one region to another throughout the year”.

Naved was caught after being overpowered by two men he had taken hostage.

Saluting the bravery of the martyred soldiers Rockey of Yamunangar in Haryana and Shubhendu Rai of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, the Home Minister said that the government will honour them gallantry awards.

According to Intelligence reports, Usman Khan had infiltrated into India along with four other LeT terrorists few days ago. “The Government remains committed to combating terrorism with a strong resolve and ensuring the safety and security of our citizens and our security personnel”, he added. Khan was taken to a hospital and then shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

PM Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa last month had agreed for a meeting between their NSAs to take forward the relationship. Soon after he was nabbed, said, “It’s fun doing this… I came to kill Hindus”. We walked all days in the jungle…

“I am from Pakistan and my partner was killed in the firing but I escaped. Had I been killed, it would have been Allah’s doing. “If prior intelligence input had been given, they should have properly sealed the borders”. In the ensuing gunbattle, BSF troopers killed one terrorist while Usman fled into the dense forests by taking three locals as hostage.

Qasim is also believed to behind most of the attacks on military convoys on the national highway.