Indian home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
According to Shinde, the slain terrorists carried items that were allegedly Pakistani, such as a recovered ointment that was reportedly made in Karachi.
He said two AK rifles, five magazines, two pistols and four grenades were among the recoveries made from the slain terrorists. Diaries containing phone numbers were also found.
"It is suspected to be of Pakistani origin," he said, adding that the attackers were fidayeen "suspected to be of foreign origin".
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the terror attack he said despite the presence of about 50 CRPF personnel of the 73 Battalion, the terrorists took advantage of a small gap in the fencing at the police public school in Bemina area to enter the compound and open fire.
An agent of Hizbul Mujahideen took responsibility for the attacks however Shinde doubted the authenticity of the claim until confirmed by officials.
Pakistan though has denied any involvement in the attack.
The foreign ministry also strongly rejected Indian allegations that evidence suggests that the militants who attacked the members of the CRPF were from probably from Pakistan, on Wednesday.
“We feel that this trend of making irresponsible statements and knee-jerk reactions by senior Indian Government functionaries have the potential of undermining the efforts made by both sides to normalize relations between the two countries,” the statement cautioned.
The ministry reiterated that Pakistan remains committed to resolving tensions with India through meaningful dialogue.
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Indian politicians obsession with Pakistan comes out every now and then. World fastest investigation time within few mins it was located that the men were from Pakistan..... What a service
it was an attack on occupying forces not on civilians. how was it a terrorist attack at first place??
Grow up everyone and stop this immature Pak vs India fight. Enlighten your minds to live and let live
shame on Congress Party of India Shame on INDIAN PRIME MINISTER
Gulam Rasool "Kuldeep sharma" New Delhi
@Aryabhat:
Of course, even at extremely ordinary and common level we are as much desperate! We feel highly charged and energetic more than ever, no doubt it might be indigestible and shocking for several like you!!
It is time for Pakistan to come up, and take Indian occupied Kashmir. As India is busy fighting its internal caste and religion politics, it will be easy for Pakistan ....
ET moderators: What happened ? Afraid to confront the truth ?
@Someone: Recognize them ? Paper Tiger
@Jat: We will do that when we come again to sort you out. Some people just can’t listen to reason and require slightly different handling..
As usual, Indian rhetoric with little to nothing substance. All talk. But then again, Indians are masters at making paper tiger claims. *Yawns sleepily
@Yoghurt Lover: Baloney is not cheese my friend, is google not working in India today?
Actually this saves is rear end being kicked by Indian commons for failing to do his job. Blaming Pakistan for everything sells in India.
Good luck!
@Mehreen: We need to pursue the truth and accept the truth... The Indians would have to super smart to persuade someone to commit suicide bombings...
You are trying to talk sense to your countrymen, and unfortunately it is an exercise in futility.
ITs take two to tango.. Kashmiri youth can keep on throwing stones or occasional killings of politician ,policeman or some destruction and they will be faced by 1 billion indians who will insist special powers for army to maintain law and order.. This is the game similar to TTP vs pakistan government , Chechenya insurgency vs Russia ,Xinhua insurgency vs China.. Survival of the fittest wins..Lets see who survives at the end .At the moment Kashmiri youth who are pelting stones and burning themselves in anger are loosing badly against the indian government.
@naeem hussain: Say some thing new India.
We will do that when we come again to sort you out. Some people just can't listen to reason and require slightly different handling..
@Rana, First stop the ongoing mayhem in Pakistan.
@Mehreen: Yeah we need to stop supporting those outfits. But not the ones who target India.
@Rana, If what you show is the mindset of "ordinary" Pakistani, may God save you. Do you really think India will watch what you propose in silence?
True, India is not America. It has sustained slow bleeding fight since 1989 - much before Americans came in this theatre. And it has wherewithal to absorb body bags and send acrosss some - unlike America.
While your stooges were fighting on western border, India has made a reasonable fencing on its border with you.
So, More important would be how you manage your "warriors" coming back from Afghanistan. What stops them from blowing up people in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi or Balochistan?
Instead talking again and again do some thing.
@vasan:
Think orginal post didnt pass censor. My orginal post were actually not arguments. It was more a kind attempt to explain the mindset of terrorism. hence the Breivik example....
Yes we do and we cant stop it if we want to either. You have already taken the decision as i said. Then open refugeecamps! That is where you are wrong. Did u stop Indira killing? Rajiv killing? Parliament attack? Mumbai attack? No way. India is not new to terror. It faces it from many more then Pakistan. Prhaps a change of policies. No they dont. From CNN.com: India advertises itself to the planet as the world’s largest democracy, a nation of laws, but consider the plight of the Kashmiris who are persecuted on the mere presumption of being enemies of Indian democracy – and then denied the legal remedies of democratic India to challenge that premise. The Indian government has invoked the AFSPA in more than 40 instances to prevent soldiers from being prosecuted for crimes ranging from torture and murder to rape.@Munna We need to pursue the truth and accept the truth. All the events from siege of Lal Masjid to murder of Saleem Shezad to assassination of Benazir Bhutto should be a eye opener for all of us. We face daily suicide bombings. The Indians would have to super smart to persuade someone to commit suicide bombings. The irony is that we have suffered more than these outfits than the Indians.
@alam:
"India is not interested in peace obviously."
That's funny.
100s are dying in pakistan on a daily basis from sectarian, ethnic violence, terrorism, extremism and you think we are not interested in peace?
You are the one sending armed terrorists into India and not otherwise.
@Truth detector
"Sorry to say Indians have lost their imagination. Come one come up with some better baloney!!"
Baloney is a cheese, in case you didn't know. Don't watch too many hollywood films.
@vasan:
My post were no arguments. These are facts and a look into the mindset.
We will not stop support to these groups ever and even if we wanted to we cant stop it cause of your actions. Terrorism is nothing new for India. You have faced it and are facing it from dusins of organisations. Perhaps its time to change policy?
Kashmir has no freedom.Movements, gatherings, speeches all are limited and every corner is monitored by military. Arrest are made on daily bases and prisons are full of political prisoners.
From CNN.com " India advertises itself to the planet as the world’s largest democracy, a nation of laws, but consider the plight of the Kashmiris who are persecuted on the mere presumption of being enemies of Indian democracy – and then denied the legal remedies of democratic India to challenge that premise. The Indian government has invoked the AFSPA in more than 40 instances to prevent soldiers from being prosecuted for crimes ranging from torture and murder to rape."
Naeem hussain if you want India to say something new then you got to change ur old habits of sponsoring terrorism in India.
Munna: Pathetic arguements. 1. Your ex chief Mush admitted state support to Pak sponcered terror groups in the past. Why should we think you have stopped it 2. Soldiers marched into Kashmir and Bangladesh only because of mayhem by terrorists in Kashmir and Pak army in Bengal which resulted in millions of refugees flowing into India. 3. The backlash of military action, if any, will be stopped like Khalistan whether Pak supports the covert operations or not. (Incidentally khalistan debacle was also supported by Pak) 4. Kashmirs have as much freedom and more as any Indian does. And nothing more and nothing less. Ceding, Kashmir as a separate country or handing over to Pak etc are not possible and will not happen, come what may or do what you can.
and what we did in Bangladesh and in Pakistan now it is our basic right
@naeem hussain: Made in Karachi Skin ointment found in the belongings is of good quality.
@Mehreen:
It is not up to us to stop any support to these terrorists who target India. The choice of risking terror was made when they sent in several hundredthousand soldiers in Kashmir and that choice was taken when they sent troops in to East-Pakistan.
Every nation knows a military action will backclash several decades after. Still europeans struggle with nazis. Breivik popped up from nowhere and accused the winners of WW2 of conspiry. If Europe cant stop them certainly its impossible for Pak-Bharat.
To awiod terror you have to either give them freedom or strangle them completly(like Bharat did with Khalistan movement) and give them what looks like freedom.
Dude seriously, you SUSPECT they are Pakistani origin and then you point fingers. Tell me something, how can they look like Pakistani? We are all essentially brown and look alike. You cant distinguish between an Indian and Pakistani can you? Yet they looked like Pakistani. Ointment made in Karachi? yeah it is a new trend among Terrorist to carry ointments when carrying out attacks, not to mention Pakistani Phone numbers so that there is absolutely no doubt it was carried by Pakistan. Ingenious no?
Sorry to say Indians have lost their imagination. Come one come up with some better baloney!!
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We need to stop this support of these outfits. The last ten years have shown that will turn on us.
India is not interested in peace obviously.
of course.............
Thats 1000% true..
Okay, it wouldn’t be stoppable now, as we are getting free from Afghanistan after giving historical hard time to a huge devil force, making them to beg for peace (break) from whom they considered living in stone age !! Start searching for suitable locations around the globe for Hindu settlements, you people doesn’t deserve to live in our next door!!
Say some thing new India.