The DIG said that the militants were attempting to carry out a fidayeen attack on the camp. “The identities and affiliations of the slain militants are being investigated as a case has been lodged into the incident,” he said. Immediately, police and Army rushed to the spot and a gunbattle broke out in which all four were killed,” deputy inspector general of police (North Kashmir) Nitesh Kumar told reporters. “Four militants fired on the CRPF camp and the alert security guard retailed the fire. The four terrorists were killed in the fierce exchange of gunfire which went on till 5.30am. Kumar also fired at other two terrorists trying to enter from the backside. As shots rang out, troops inside the camp joined the action and the J&K police detachment as well as the nearby battalion headquarters unit of the CRPF rushed to the camp.
In the pre-dawn hours, when the alertness level at security camps is seen to dip, four terrorists armed heavily with AK-47 rifles, grenades and incendiary material, were seen trying to enter the camp in batches of two each from the front and the back of the Sumbal camp. The battalion has been in the news after a commandant, Chetan Kumar Cheetah, survived nine bullet injuries and a long coma after a February 14 encounter with terrorists in Hajin. The CRPF battalion has been involved in several counter-insurgency operations along with J&K police and the Army, including action that led to the killing of Wani’s successor Sabzar Bhat on May 26 in Tral. The Sumbal camp is close to where Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani operated till he was killed by security forces last year. The response of the CRPF guard at the 45th battalion Sumbal camp prevented another Uri or Pathankot-type attack which could have caused fatalities in the camp.
The nearby Jammu & Kashmir police camp soon joined the action and the attackers were neutralised without breaching the camp security. The camp was on alert after receiving a tip-off on May 15 that terrorists had been video-graphing the CRPF encampment and when the fidayeen sneaked in and opened fire around 3.30am, constable K Dinesh Raja retaliated swiftly as did Prafful Kumar. NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: The alertness of two sentries and a specific intelligence input about terrorists scoping the CRPF camp at Bandipora foiled an attack on the paramilitary outpost with security forces gunning down the squad of four terrorists.
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