Gurdaspur terror attack: Narendra Modi meets top ministers, security beefed up along border
‘India wants peace with Pakistan, but not at the cost of national honour’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his ministers on Monday, after a terror attack rocked Gurdaspur in Punjab. Meanwhile, security forces have been asked to tighten security and vigil along the border.
Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the situation in Gurdaspur was under control.
He also said that India wants peace with Pakistan, but not at the cost of national honour.
Singh also spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Director General of BSF and Union Home Secretary L C Goyal. The home minister, however, refused to give details of casualties.
Four heavily armed terrorists wearing army uniform today went on a rampage in Gurdaspur district, attacking a bus, a health centre and a police station leaving five persons, including a policeman dead, and several injured.
Army has launched operation against the militants who are holed up in Dinanagar police station complex.
The MHA is monitoring the situation in Gurudaspur and Punjab. I am confident that the situation will be soon brought in control.
— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) July 27, 2015Spoke to DG BSF Shri DK Pathak and instructed him to step up the vigil on India-Pakistan border in the wake of attack in Gurudaspur
— Rajnath Singh (@BJPRajnathSingh) July 27, 2015