Soldier, 3 militants killed as BSF camp hit by Pak’s Jaish
GUNFIGHT NEAR AIRPORT Attack carried out by same ‘Afzal Guru’ unit that stormed Uri base last year and killed 19
SRINAGAR: A Border Security Force (BSF) officer was killed in Kashmir on Tuesday as forces foiled a militant attempt to storm a paramilitary base close to the high-security Srinagar airport, sparking an hours-long gun-battle that left all three radicals dead.
Three other security personnel sustained injuries in the attack, claimed by Pakistanbased outfit Jaish-e-mohammed (JEM), blamed for similar strikes at Indian security bases including one at Uri in September last year that killed 19 soldiers.
“All the three militants have been killed. An assistant sub-inspector of BSF also died in the initial assault,” Jammu and Kashmir police chief SP Vaid said.
Tuesday’s attack was the latest in Kashmir which has seen a spurt in militancy. Last month, India described Pakistan as “terroristan” in a fiery attack on Islamabad’s proxy war in Kashmir. The attack also came amid heightened tensions along the Line of Control (LOC), the de factor border with Pakistan.
India summoned Pakistan’s deputy high commissioner and issued a demarche over the death
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of three minors in “unprovoked firing” by Pakistani forces in the Poonch sector on Monday.
“503 such violations (of 2003 ceasefire understanding) have been carried out by Pakistan for- ces so far during 2017,” the external affairs ministry said in a statement in Delhi.
The Congress accused the BJPled NDA government of compromising national security. Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said Prime Minister Narendra Modi ran a high-decibel campaign in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, depicted by “56-inches chest and red eyes sloganeering” to deal with terror and security threats.