2015 Gurdaspur attack

2015 terrorist attack of a police station in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India March 2018 March 2018 2015 Gurdaspur attack India Punjab Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India Punjab police, civilians and Indian Railways 32.128255 75.469683 inline,title 27 July 2015 5:30 am IST Mass shooting 10 (including 4 policemen, 3 terrorists and 3 civilians) 15 Lashkar-e-Taiba AK-47s, Night Vision Device, Grenades, GPS devices * Punjab Police Punjab SWAT J&K Police SWAT Team Indian Army (On Standby) National Security Guard (On Standby)Army on standby as Punjab Police tackle terrorists http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Army-on-standby-as-Punjab-Police-tackle-terrorists/articleshow/48244760.cms On 27 July 2015, three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants dressed in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. The attack resulted in the death of three civilians and four policemen, including a superintendent of police; fifteen others were injured. In addition, five bombs were found planted on the Amritsar–Pathankot line on a rail-bridge near Parmanand railway station, five kilometers from the site of the attack. All three attackers were killed in the operation, which lasted almost 12 hours.https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/terror-attack-in-gurdaspur-9-dead-4-injured-111963/ Terror attack in Gurdaspur; SP among seven killed Tribune News Service The Tribune 27 July 2015 27 July 2015Gurdaspur Attack: Encounter ends; 3 civilians, 4 policemen dead https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Gunmen-attack-Punjabs-Gurdaspur/article60333944.ece 27 July 2015 The Hindu 27 July 2015 Such terrorist attacks were rare in Punjab after the Insurgency, which sought to form an independent Sikh nation of Khalistan, ended in the 1990s. However, such attacks are common in the Disputed Territory of Jammu and Kashmir that borders Gurdaspur, where Islamist insurgents are seeking independence or accession to Pakistan and from where the gunmen were at first suspected to have entered.Pakistan condemns Gurdaspur Attack in India http://fitraknews.com/2015/07/27/pakistan-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-indian-punjab/ 27 July 2015 Fitrak News 27 July 2015September 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Barry Ellen Ellen Barry (journalist) Gunmen in India Kill at Least 5 in Attack on Bus and Police Station https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/world/asia/gunmen-in-punjab-india-attack-bus-and-police-station.html 27 July 2015 The New York Times 27 July 2015 On the basis of the GPS system found in the terrorists' possession, India claimed the insurgents infiltrated through the border with Pakistan.http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gurdaspur-terror-attack-gps-reveals-terrorists-crossed-border-5-km-from-site-of-attack/ Gurdaspur attack: GPS reveals terrorists crossed border 5 km from site of attack 29 July 2015 Attack The attack took place in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur district of Punjab, on the morning of 27 July 2015. At around 5:30 am, they opened fire on a Punjab Roadways bus coming from Bamial, a Small town in Pathankot District.Gurdaspur attack: How Punjab Police bravely battled terror http://www.dailyo.in/politics/gurdaspur-terror-attack-punjab-police-force-ss-saini-pakistan/story/1/5272.html 1 August 2015 Daily O The bus had 75 passengers, several of whom were injured.Suspected terrorists attack bus, police station in Punjab's Gurdaspur http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/suspected-terrorists-attack-bus-police-station-in-punjabs-gurdaspur/articleshow/48231194.cms 27 July 2015 India Times The bus driver, Nanak Chand, drove the bus towards them, forcing them to move back. He then swerved the bus and drove it straight to a government hospital, where the injured passengers were treated.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Punjab-terror-attack-Bus-driver-saved-many-lives/articleshow/48239382.cms Punjab terror attack: Bus driver saved many lives The Times of India 27 July 2015 After firing indiscriminately near the bus stand, the assailants targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a hijacked Maruti 800 car with Punjab registration number. They shot dead a roadside vendor near Dinanagar bypass.http://www.tidingstoday.com/live-punjab-terror-attack-gurdaspur-0104/ Punjab Terror Attack (Gurdaspur ) – Terrorists Stormed Police Station and Bus Tidings Today 27 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150729233919/http://www.tidingstoday.com/live-punjab-terror-attack-gurdaspur-0104/ 29 July 2015 dead They shot the driver and sped towards the Dina Nagar police station. The attackers targeted a community health centre adjacent to the police station, killing three civilians including a woman and a policeman. The gunmen then entered the police station and opened fire, seriously injuring five policemen.http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48231194.cms Gurdaspur terror attack: One terrorist killed, another injured; Punjab SP (Detective) martyred The Economic Times 27 July 2015 The first response was led by Punjab Police Superintendent of Police Baljeet Singh, which led to the death of one of the gunmen. SP Baljeet Singh later died in the gunbattle.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Martyred-SP-Baljit-Singhs-father-too-died-in-a-terror-attack/articleshow/48239874.cms Martyred SP Baljit Singh's father too died in a terror attack The Times of India 27 July 2015 The Indian Army and the NSG also responded to the attack, but the Punjab Police maintained the lead on the counter-terrorism operation and assigned support roles to the Army and the NSG. A 28-man group from the Punjab Police SWAT Team coordinated a counter-assault and the last militant was killed 11 hours after the terrorist attack began.https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/baptism-by-fire-for-punjab-s-elite-swat-112272/ Baptism by fire for Punjab's elite SWAT Tribune News Service 2 August 2015http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gurdaspur-attack-punjab-police-swat-team-bang-on-target/article1-1374194.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150731093102/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gurdaspur-attack-punjab-police-swat-team-bang-on-target/article1-1374194.aspx dead 31 July 2015 Gurdaspur attack: Punjab Police SWAT team bang on target 2 August 2015 News agencies have pointed out that security forces could have ended the attack much earlier, as the gunmen were holed up in an abandoned building, but the operation was prolonged order to capture at least one gunman alive, with the assumption that they had a limited amount of food and ammunition, which could lead to an arrest. Once it was clear that none of the gunmen intended on being captured, this goal was abandoned and the SWAT Team swiftly neutralized all threats.http://www.dailyo.in/politics/gurdaspur-terror-attack-punjab-police-force-ss-saini-pakistan/story/1/5272.html Gurdaspur attack: How Punjab Police bravely battled terror 2 August 2015https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/gurdaspur-dinanagar-terror-attack-punjab-dgp-terrorists-alive-284905-2015-07-27 Gurdaspur attacks: Punjab DGP wants to get terrorists alive India Today 27 July 2015 2 August 2015 This was the first counter-terrorism operation conducted by the Punjab Police SWAT Team and its success has been widely praised. According to police, the terrorists were MuslimsGunmen who carried out Punjab attack were Muslim - police http://in.reuters.com/article/punjab-gurdaspur-attackers-sikhs-muslims-idINKCN0Q221920150728 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307055012/http://in.reuters.com/article/punjab-gurdaspur-attackers-sikhs-muslims-idINKCN0Q221920150728 dead 7 March 2016Terrorists in Gurdaspur Attack Were Muslim: Police http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/terrorists-in-gurdaspur-attack-were-muslim-police-1201539 contradicting the initial reports that the attack was carried out by Sikh separatists.Terrorists in Gurdaspur Attack Were Muslim: Police http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/terrorists-in-gurdaspur-attack-were-muslim-police-1201539 2015-08-01 Bombs on the railway track Meanwhile, a railway trackman named Ashwani Saini, while patrolling along the railway track between Dina Nagar and Jhakholari railway stations, spotted five bombs wired to a small bridge on the Amritsar-Pathankot line,https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/courageous-railway-trackman-saves-270-lives-112285/ Courageous railway trackman saves 270 lives Tribune News Service 2 August 2015 just before a passenger train was due to cross the bridge. The train stopped 200 metres from the bombs. The railway authorities suspended all the rail traffic on the section while the bomb-disposal squads defused the bombs. Equipment According to sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs, two GPS devices, three AK-47s, ten magazines, and two China-made grenades were recovered from the terrorists. Terrorist attack in Punjab, Terror attack in Punjab, Terror attack in Punjab Gurdaspur district http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror-attack-in-Punjab/liveblog/48231051.cms The Times of India 27 July 2015 2015-07-27 The attackers had also shaved all body hair and erased all factory markings on their weapons, supposedly to prevent any identification.Clues a day after Gurdaspur attack: GPS that shows gunmen crossed from Pakistan, shaved off all body hair (28 July 2015) Firstpost Indian authorities also recovered a Night Vision Device from the terrorists, with US Government markings on it. US Authorities confirmed that it belonged to the American Government and was most likely stolen or misplaced in Afghanistan.Sehgal, Manjeet (11August 2015) Gurdaspur attack: US says its night-vision device stolen from Afghanistan India Today However, Indian investigators claimed to have found evidence of Pakistan's involvement in the attack. The three terrorists who stormed a police station on the fateful day used gloves with "Made in Pakistan" tags said the panel of doctors in their autopsy report from Gurdaspur civil hospital. The report said, "external appearance" that a "Made in Pakistan" label was found intact in the glove that one terrorist was wearing. "After the operation was over on Monday, we had done a random search of the clothes the ultras were wearing. But no label was found in the clothes, including the undergarments," a police was quoted as saying to Hindustan Times.https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-58509 Waite, Herbert William (30 June 1887–23 July 1967), Principal, Punjab (Pakistan) Police Training School, Sargodha, 1949–54 2007-12-01 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u58509 Who Was Who Oxford University Press 978-0-19-954089-1 2020-04-17 subscription Aftermath The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs stated that the attacks were carried out by Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Tayiba.http://www.oneindia.com/new-delhi/gunmen-attack-police-station-in-gurdaspur-one-dead-several-injured-1818478.html Updates: 'Gurdaspur operation planned well in advance', says Punjab Police - Oneindia www.oneindia.com 27 July 2015 29 July 2015 During early inspection of data from global positioning sets carried by terrorists who carried out Monday's attack in Gurdaspur suggests that the group launched its operation from across the border in Pakistan's Shakargarh area, Indian government sources have told The Indian Express. Sources familiar with the investigation said the terror team is thought to have left a safehouse on the fringes of Gharot, a village not far from the Pakistani town of Shakargarh, late Sunday night. Travelling due east, the group then crossed a tributary of the Ravi river, and headed to the village of Bamial on the Indian side of the border. From Bamial, investigators believe, the group caught an early morning bus that took them to the highway 1A, which links Punjab with Jammu and Kashmir and on to Hiranagar, passing several police checkpoints along the way. The GPS sets, which guide users along tracks marked by digital "waypoints", have often been used by terrorists to operate in unfamiliar environments, most famously during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gurdaspur-terror-attack-gps-shows-terror-team-from-pakistan-got-drug-cartel-help-too/ Gurdaspur terror attack: GPS shows terror team from Pakistan, got help from drug cartel too 2015-07-28 The Indian Express en-US 2020-04-17 See also List of terrorist incidents in India List of terrorist incidents in Punjab (India) List of terrorist incidents, 2015 References 30em Category:Terrorist incidents on buses in India Category:Terrorism in Punjab, India 2015 attack Category:2010s in Punjab, India Category:July 2015 crimes in Asia Category:2015 mass murders Category:Spree shootings in India Category:21st-century mass murders in India Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 2015 Category:July 2015 in India Category:2015 murders in India Category:Islamic terrorism in India Category:Attacks on police stations in India Category:Attacks on police stations in 2015 Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2015 Category:2015 mass shootings in Asia Category:Grenade attacks in India Category:Terrorist incidents on railway systems in India Category:2015 road incidents in Asia Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Punjab, India