Making a <g data-gr-id="34">suo</g> <g data-gr-id="35">motu</g> statement in both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday's attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the interrogation of one of the two terrorists, who was captured alive, is expected to reveal their modus operandi, including the details of their infiltration from across the border and their targets.
"We strongly condemn the attack and the persistent attempts by terrorists from across the border to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir," he said.
He said that there were five infiltration attempts in a month, four of which were foiled and eight terrorists were neutralised.
Giving details about Wednesday's incident, Singh said the apprehended terrorist was Mohammad Naveed Yakub alias Usman, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan, and he had identified his slain accomplice as Mohammad <g data-gr-id="32">Nomen</g> alias <g data-gr-id="33">Nomin</g>, a resident of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Usman was brought to Jammu, where he is being questioned by the authorities concerned, he said.
He said two (<g data-gr-id="36">rpt</g>) two BSF personnel had been martyred in Wednesday's attack. They were Rocky, a resident of Yamuna Nagar in Haryana, and Subhendu Roy of Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. 14 other BSF personnel were injured in the attack that took place around 18 <g data-gr-id="37">kms</g> from Udhampur town.
Two AK-47 rifles along with some magazines, grenades and ammunition were recovered from the terrorists and <g data-gr-id="30">a FIR</g> has been registered at <g data-gr-id="31">Chenani</g> Police Station, the Home Minister said, adding further investigation of the case is in progress.
"The government remains committed to combating terrorism with a strong resolve and ensuring the safety and security of our citizens and our security personnel," he said in the identical statements made in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
Suspected LeT militant killed in encounter
A suspected <g data-gr-id="62">Lashker</g>-e-Toiba (LeT) militant was on Thursday killed in a brief gunfight with security forces in a village in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. The gunbattle erupted around 4 PM when the Special Operations Group (SOG) of local police cordoned off <g data-gr-id="63">Asthan</g> Mohalla locality of Kakapora, 32 <g data-gr-id="64">kms</g> from here, on receiving specific inputs about militants hiding in a house, a police officer said. He said the militants opened fire on noticing the search party in an attempt to escape.