Former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi alleged that the Poonch terror attack were "pre-planned" and said such "stuntbaazi" is done to make the BJP win the elections.
Senior officials from the Army, police, and paramilitary visited Poonch to oversee a massive search operation where terrorists attacked an IAF convoy on Saturday, an official said.
An Indian Air Force (IAF) soldier was killed and four others were injured in the terror attack in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday evening .
According to the officials, the search operation was carried out to track the terrorists. Security forces have laid down nakas and checking is going on in the area.
An Indian Air Force soldier who was injured in a terrorist attack in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir has passed away while one more is said to be critical, security force officials said.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, in a meeting with officials proposed seeking the advice of ex-servicemen to effectively combat terrorism in the valley.
Days after Rajnath Singh's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah expressed condolences on the deaths of four Army personnel and three civilians, saying that "terrorism is against humanity."
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Pande, arrived at Jammu to review security after the Poonch attack on army vehicles, in which four Jawans were martyred
The streets of the hometown of Naik Karan Kumar-Kanpur were flooded with people keen to be the part of the last rites of the soldier who laid his life fighting terrorists in Poonch's Dera ki Gall area.
Family members and villagers are mourning the loss of 29-year-old Karan Yadav who lost his life in the Poonch terror attack on Thursday. He is survived by his wife and two children. Daughter Arya is 6 years old and son Ayush is just 1 year old.