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Gurdaspur attackers infiltrated from Pakistan: Government
New Delhi, July 30
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the three terrorosts
killed in Dinanagar town in Punjab had infiltrated from Pakistan and
warned the neighbouring country that any effort by enemies will meet an
effective and forceful response from Indian security forces.
"A
preliminary analysis of the Global Positioning System (GPS) data
indicates that the terrorists had infiltrated from Pakistan through the
area near Tash in Gurdaspur district, where the Ravi river enters
Pakistan," Rajnath Singh said in a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the
terrorist attack in Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab on
July 27.
"It is also suspected that the same terrorists placed
five Improvised Explosive Devices on the railway track near village
Talwandi between Dinanagar and Jhakoladi which were subsequently
defused," Rajnath Singh added.
He assured the house that any
effort by the enemies of India to undermine its territorial integrity
and security or imperil the safety and security of the citizens will
meet an effective and forceful response from the country's security
forces.
The union home minister further said that the government has been, and will remain resolute in this regard.
"I
take this opportunity to assure the house that the government is firmly
committed to root out terrorism from India. I also assure the house
that the government will do everything possible to prevent cross-border
terrorism aimed against India," Rajnath Singh said.
In his
statement made amid a din and anti-government slogans by the opposition,
Rajnath Singh also lauded the Punjab Police for neutralising the three
terrorists.
The union home minister said that the Border Security
Force was always on the alert though some terrorist might have
succeeded in infiltrating due to heavy rains and swelling of rivers and
nullahs on the border.
The House was adjourned till Friday after an uproar by opposition members over the statement.