New CCTV footage emerges showing terrorists walking with guns in Dinanagar

The 11-hour-long fierce gunbattle between terrorists and the Indian security forces at Gurdaspur in Punjab ended at 5 pm on Monday, leaving seven dead. Here are the latest developments:

28 July 2015

23:43 PM

BSF Director General DK Pathak will visit border area of Punjab's Gurdaspur district along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan on Wednesday and review the security setup there in the wake of the terrorist attack there.

19:14 PM

According to an English news channel, a new CCTV footage has emerged, showing three terrorists who attacked Dinanagar police station on Monday.

19:09 PM

"The five live bombs that were found on Amritsar-Pathankot railway tracks yesterday were made of unmarked RDX," says Army sources.

18:54 PM

Addressing press, Punjab DGP SS Saini says, “Investigations are underway. Initial investigation shows that they took route from the border to the railway track and then they came to Dinanagar. Inspection of bodies shows dead assailants as Muslims.”

18:35 PM

"APJ Abdul Kalam was absolutely worried about the attacks in Punjab. The loss of innocent lives left him filled with sorrow," says Srijan Pal Singh, a close aide, who was with him on his last day.

18:07 PM

"The Central government should seriously consider the policy of hot pursuit of terrorists and their patrons across the border even if it leads to escalation in hostilities", says Senior Congress leader Amarinder Singh, who earlier today visited the site of yesterday's attack and the families of those killed in it.

18:00 PM

Last rites of Home Guard Desh Raj is being performed at his native village.  

17:49 PM

A spokesperson of Punjab Chief Minister's Office says, "Parkash Singh Badal will visit the Kapurthala residence of Gurdaspur superintendent of police (detective) Baljit Singh to share his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family."

17:48 PM

"Diplomacy of saree, shawl and mango is enough for now. India should stop all dialogue with Pakistan and start preparing to teach a lesson to the country, which is sending AK 47-armed Jihadists for carrying out attacks," says Togadia.

17:38 PM

Terming India's policy towards Pakistan as a "failure", VHP chief Praveen Togadia says Prime Minister Narendra Modi should put an end to the "saree, shawl" diplomacy following the Gurdaspur terror attack and exhibit a "strong will" like Indira Gandhi to deal with it.

16:32 PM

Condemning Monday's terror attack in Dinanagar town, the Communist Party of India-Marxist says: "This attack by a three-member squad, reportedly coming from across the border in Pakistan, is a matter of serious concern. It is to be investigated how such a squad could cross the border which is fenced and patrolled." 

16:18 PM

Commenting on Gurdaspur attack, former Union Minister SM Krishna tells news agency ANI: "I think PM Modi has a challenge, but I think he will be able to tackle it."

16:15 PM

A CCTV footage has come into light, showing three terrorists minutes before they attacked Dinanagar police station on Monday.

15:40 PM

Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh describes terror attack in Gurdaspur as `an act of cowardice`. Calling Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a `superfluous character`, Singh said that nothing will be achieved by talking to him. “Let Pakistan not assume that India is Myanmar, that we will take any thing they throw at us,” said Singh. 

15:30 PM

According to news agency ANI, 8 live grenades have been recovered from the site of Gurdaspur attack. The Punjab Police Bomb Squad has defused one live grenade. 

15:16 PM

Loud blast heard at Dinanagar police station in Gurdaspur minutes after bomb disposal squad enters, reports the Hindustan Times.

14:56 PM

Security has been beefed up in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts in Jammu and Kashmir following the terror attack in neighbouring Punjab, says police. Village headmen have been asked to report to the police if unknown or suspicious individuals are seen in their areas. Security for the pilgrims heading for Mata Vaishno Devi shrine and Amarnath Yatra has been strengthened.

14:30 PM

The family of police officer Baljit Singh, who was killed fighting terrorists in Dinanagar, refuses to cremate him till the state government hands over appointment letters of SP rank to his son and post of tehsildar to his daughters.

12:38 PM

An alert has been sounded along the international border in Punjab and Jammu in the wake of the Monday's terror attack. Director General of Punjab Police Sumedh Singh Saini had earlier said the terrorists were carrying sophisticated weapons. "We have recovered 'Made in China' grenades from them. They were wearing combat fatigues," he had said.

12:27 PM

While the limelight of the 11-hour long intense gunbattle with terrorists has been hogged by the SWAT and special units of the Punjab Police in Monday's terror attack on Dinanagar town in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, it was the pro-active role played by unsung heroes like Satpal, Darshan Kumar and Nanak Chand who saved scores of lives from the mayhem planned by the terrorists. The death toll in the terror attack could have been many more than the figure of seven had these three men and their associates not shown alertness and courage.

12:04 PM

A high-level forensic team visits the abandoned building near the Dinanagar police station where the terrorists were holed up.

11:11 AM

BJP Parliamentary Party passes a resolution condoling loss of lives in Gurdaspur terror attack.

10:47 AM

The Union Cabinet passes a resolution condoling the loss of lives in Gurdaspur terror attack.

10:35 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah called Gurdaspur terror attack an act of cowardice: Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy

10:14 AM

The global positioning system sets recovered from the three terrorists killed in Punjab on Monday clearly indicates to a Pakistan link in yesterday's terror attack in Punjab's Dinanagar town, news agency IANS quotes sources as saying on Tuesday. Report adds the track of the GPS sets revealed that the terrorists had moved from Shakargarh area in Pakistan along the India-Pakistan border on Sunday and entered India.

09:37 AM

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

अमृतसर पहुँच गया दीना नगर के रास्ते में हूँ आतंकवादियों की दहशतगर्दी का पंजाब पुलिस के जवानों ने बहादुरी से मुकाबला किया उनके जज्बे को नमन

— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 28, 2015

08:48 AM

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

08:39 AM

Preliminary investigations into the Gurdaspur terror strike indicate that the three suspected Lashkar-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.

08:30 AM

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.

08:03 AM

This was the first major terror attack in Punjab after the assassination of then chief minister Beant Singh on August 31, 1995 in Chandigarh, joint capital of Punjab and Haryana. 

08:02 AM

Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district was once a hotbed of militancy and adjoining Pakistan. The attack on Monday took security forces by surprise. 

08:00 AM

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 Guradaspur district, shattering two decades of calm in Punjab and sparking an 11-hour gun battle that left all three attackers dead.