The players believe that the terrorists could have targeted them after seeing Tarun in his wrestling kit. Dinanagar is 40 Km away from Line of Control of Kashmir.
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he had ordered increased security on the border with Pakistan after the incident.
As indicated by police, the terrorists first targeted a roadside eatery and took off in a Maruti 800 with Punjab registration number.
Hoe Minister Rajnath Singh held meetings with NSA, IB and RAW chief, Home Secretary and other top officials.
A Sikh insurgency has raged in the state for decades, but has been crushed by security forces over the years.
Five live bombs have also been recovered from the Pathankot-Gurdaspur railway track, police said.
“Spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Shri Prakash Singh Badal who apprised me of the developing situation in Gurudaspur”.
Indian media claimed that terrorists were wearing military uniform.
AFP Indian men watch as security forces battle armed attackers at the police station in Dinanagar town, in the Gurdaspur district of Punjab state on July 27, 2015. The assailants after that targeted a health centre followed by a building where the families of police personnel reside and hurled grenades before entering the police station.
Several people, including at least one policeman, have been killed in an attack by gunmen on a police station in the northern Indian state of Punjab.
All were carrying automatic weapons, another eyewitness said.
As per reports, the activists were wore military uniform and were sitting in a Maruti Alto vehicle when they hit the bus stand, which is close to the Jammu boundary, the Dinanagar area of Punjab at around 5.30 am.
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Six people have been killed and ten others wounded, as mentioned by TV reports.
