Amid the ongoing claims and counter claims over who killed one of the terrorists in the Udhampur attack, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General DK Pathak emphasised that it was his soldier Rocky who neutralised the attacker.
"There is no confusion on who killed the terrorist. BSF man neutralized the terrorist. Rocky fired heavily. He positioned himself in such a way that terrorist was shot," the BSF Director General said.
Briefing about the operation, he said, "We have our regular convoy which travel between Jammu-Srinagar. This convoy started from Jammu, after crossing from Jammu. Two vehicles overtook and suddenly one terrorist came right in front of the road. The driver was the first who was targeted. We had 1 armed person in the bus
Commending Rocky's brave act, the BSF DG said had he not been fired at the terrorist, there would have been many casualties. "Had the terrorists entered the bus, there would have been many casualties. There were 44 people travelling in the bus. The other terrorist who was on high altitude was continuously firing," he said.
He also denied that there were any specific inputs on the attack. "This area was relatively safe," he said.
Just a day after the Udhampur terror attack, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and BSF are fighting to claim the credit for the killing terrorist - Momin - during the gunbattle.
According to sources, the operation was conducted jointly by the two forces. The first retaliatory fire was opened by a BSF guard onboard bus and later, CRPF troops located nearby joined them. Thereafter, local Rashtriya Rifles unit along with 4 Para troops were pressed in by the Army.
Though the considered decision is to give the credit go Village Defence Committee to send out the message that even local villagers are enough for such threats.
On Wednesday morning, Usman Khan and one other terrorist ambushed a BSF convoy in Narsoo in Udhampur, killing two soldiers and injuring eight others. In the ensuing gunbattle, Momin was killed while Usman fled into the dense forests after taking three people hostage.
Usman Khan was surrounded by a team of BSF and Army soldiers and a brief gunbattle followed after which he was captured.
Momin and Usman along with group of three other terrorists had infiltrated into India and were gunned down by security forces. Three of the five were killed by Punjab Police. All of them were suicide attackers.
The attack in Udhampur was carried out with the aim of stopping National Security Advisor level talks between India and Pakistan.
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