Gurdaspur attackers used River Ravi

The terrorists who attacked Gurdaspur on Monday had come from Pakistan using Ravi river and apparently had plans to target one more area, the probe has found even as images surfaced on Tuesday showing three heavily-armed men in Army fatigues walking on a road. Punjab police chief Sumedh Singh Saini said 11 unused bombs had been recovered and five of them had been defused.

Giving details of the probe, the DGP said the terrorists had taken the route from Dhussi Bandh (Ravi river) right along the International Border to the railway track where they planted bombs and then came to Dina Nagar. The bombs were detected on time and defused.

“As per their GPS system, they first planted bombs on <g data-gr-id="25">railway</g> track before snatching a car from a civilian and then gained entry into the police station of Dina Nagar,” he said. “Inspection of the bodies show they were Muslims,” Saini said. The GPS, used by travellers to reach their destinations, was switched on by the terrorists after they crossed over into India, the sources said.

While the flow of the river was very fast, security agencies believe that the attackers used a canal to enter India and switched on the GPS. The tracking point of one of the two GPS systems with the terrorists showed Talwandi point, Parmanand village and Dina Nagar. The other GPS system had <g data-gr-id="24">Gurudaspur</g> Civil Lines marked, implying that the area was also on their target list.

The terrorists were caught on a CCTV camera whose footage surfaced on Tuesday.