Army artillery unit in Nagrota was attacked by militants in police uniform.
Militants in police uniform attacked an army artillery unit in Nagrota on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday, killing three Army personnel, including an officer, and leaving several others injured. There were unconfirmed reports that four militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight.
A senior Army officer said that heavily-armed militants in police uniform stormed the 166 artillery unit, opening indiscriminate fire. An army officer and two other personnel were killed while several others were injured in the attack, the senior officer said. A fierce gunbattle is underway at the site, a senior police officer said.
Nagrota is the headquarters of the Army's 16 corps. In view of the attack, the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for traffic in the area.The district administration has closed all schools in Nagorta tehsil as a precautionary measure. "We have ordered closure of all schools and education institutions in Nagrota tehsil in view of the terror attack", Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh said.
An alert has been sounded in Jammu city.
'Message' sent by Pakistan's newly appointed army chief: RK Singh
The terror attack is a "message" sent by Pakistan's newly appointed army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to India, former Home Secretary RK Singh said. "We need to take note of the fact that this is the (Pakistan) new Army chief sending a message. His policy will be same as followed by the predecessor...We (also) need to send across a message to him," he said.
"India will hit back harder every time it is targeted," he said. The BJP MP's remarks came after militants in police uniform attacked an Army artillery unit in Nagrota, killing three Army personnel, including an officer, and leaving several others injured.
Singh said Pakistan continued to "bleed" India through such terrorist attacks, adding that the recently conducted PoK surgical strike by the Indian Army was not a "one-off" event. "It was a statement of policy...Our policy is that we will hit you back every time you hit us. We will hit you back harder. So, I think a couple of more time we hit them back, it will certainly settle in their mind," he said.
The BJP leader added that India needed to "follow up on its policy of imposing cost" and that the "Army should revisit the security procedure in general, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir."
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