Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh today condemned the terrorist attack in Punjab's Gurdaspur, in which eight persons including a superintendent of police, were killed.
"These incidents are the handiwork of elements trying to create disturbances in the country," Singh said in a statement here.
"We should condemn such acts as are being carried out by the forces inimical to peace and tranquillity and are aimed at creating an atmosphere of fear in the country," he added.
Singh said these forces would be strictly dealt with so that these violent incidents do not reoccur.
He appealed to the people of the state to maintain their century-old brotherhood and amity.
In the first major terror attack in Punjab in eight years, three heavily-armed fidayeen in army fatigues, suspected to be members of either Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) or Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), launched a pre-dawn strike targeting a roadside eatery, passenger bus and later barged into the Dinapur police station.
The terrorists killed eight persons -- three civilians, Superintendent of Police (Detective) Baljit Singh, a Punjab provincial service officer, two home guards and two policemen. The toll may go up as some of the 15 injured were in a serious condition.
All the three militants were killed in the exchange of fire with security forces at an abandoned building adjacent to the Dinanagar police station.
