New Delhi: The alert cops of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) averted a Fidayeen attack in Jammu on Friday. In a statement, CISF Deputy Inspector General Dr Anil Pandey said that at around 0425 hours on Friday, 15 CISF personnel, who were performing duty in outer cordon near Chadda Camp and their relieving teams had just arrived by the bus, when they came under heavy firing from the terrorists.

The CISF personnel immediately took position and retaliated. During the course of retaliation, terrorists lobbed grenades and by taking advantage of darkness managed to escape from the spot towards the nearby residential area. In the attack, Assistant Sub Inspector SP Patel of CISF laid down his life while undergoing treatment in hospital, one personnel was grievously injured and six other CISF personnel sustained minor injuries while valiantly retaliating the terrorist attack.

All injured are undergoing treatment at Jammu Medical College and Hospital, Jammu. In the subsequent action, security forces succeeded to eliminate two terrorists responsible for the attack. As per information from the sources, two Fidayeen terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit were present in the area.

These terrorists were planning to target the security forces and the innocent people. If they could have managed to surpass the outer cordon, major loss to the security forces might have been caused. Thanks to the valiant response by CISF personnel, a major Fidayeen attack was not only averted but terrorists were contained and eliminated, said Dr Pandey.

It is worth mentioning that 13 companies of CISF are deployed in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the law and order duty. The company No. 757 of CISF 3rd

Reserve Battalion, Bhilai, has been deployed at Jammu city for maintaining law and order with the local police of Narwal Police Station, Jammu. /BI/