Gurdaspur terror attack: Punjab CM calls off meeting with Pak High Commissioner Abdul Basit

Mangalore Today News Network

July 28, 2015: Three civilians and four security personnel, including a superintendent of police, were killed early Monday when three heavily-armed terrorists said to be from Pakistan went on a killing spree in Gurdaspur, shattering two decades of calm in Punjab and sparking an 11-hour gunbattle that left all three attackers dead. Reports on Tuesday said Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will not meet Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in the wake of Gurdaspur attack.

 

AAP leader Sanjay Singh is en route to Dinanagar town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district​, where a terror attack on Monday claimed seven lives.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal calls off July 29 meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in the wake of Gurdaspur terror attack.

Preliminary investigations into the Gurdaspur terror strike indicate that the three suspected Lashker-e-Toiba militants had entered the country through Bamiyal village in Pathankot, located close to the international border. The suspected terrorists are believed to have crossed over from Shakargarh in Pakistan to Bamiyal village and later travelled to Parmanand village, official sources said.

The terror attack in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, very near to the border with Pakistan, follows the typical pattern of attacks from across the border to scuttle peace talks -- this time, the planned National Security Advisor-level talks to discuss issues related to terrorism.

 

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