Lok Sabha Question No. 364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Terrorists Attack in Police Stations
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.364

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 01ST DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 10, 1937 (SAKA)

TERRORISTS ATTACK IN POLICE STATIONS

364.  SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the terrorists who attacked Police Station in Gurdaspur District, Punjab on 27 July, 2015 came from Pakistan;
- (b) if so, whether there was any intelligence input in this regard;
- (c) whether the support base of the said terrorists has been identified;
- (d) if so, the action taken in this regard;
- (e) whether compensation and jobs have been given by the Government to the  family  members  of  Police  Officer  killed  and  others  injured  in  the  said incident and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  the  steps  taken  to  beef  up  security  at  important  installations  in  the border areas?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

- (a) :  The evidence on record in the Gurudaspur terror attack investigation indicates that the three terrorists entered into India from Pakistan.
- (b) :  There  was  no  specific intelligence regarding this terror attack. However,  general  intelligence  inputs  about  cross  border  infiltration  was being  shared  amongst  intelligence/security  agencies  on  a  regular  basis, through  the  platform  of  Multi  Agency  Centre  (MAC)  and  Subsidiary  Multi Agency Centre (SMAC).

(c) & (d) :  The investigation in this regard is still continuing and it would be premature to disclose details.

(e) :  The  Government  of  India  is  administering  a  Scheme  for  providing assistance  for  the  sustenance  and  maintenance  of  the  families  of  the civilian victims of terrorist/communal/naxal violence with effect from 1.4.2008.  Under the scheme, a financial assistance of Rs. 3 lakh is given for each  death  or  permanent  incapacitation  to  the  affected  family  and  this amount  is  paid  by  the  State  Government  and  reimbursed  by  the  Central Government.  No  proposal  for  providing  assistance  (reimbursement)  under this  Scheme  in  relation  to  the  above  incident  of  terror  attack  has  been received  from  the  State  Government.      However,  the  State  Governments concerned also provide compensation to victims of terror attack under their schemes/rules.

(f) :  To  counter  the  problem  of  cross-border  infiltration  and  to  enhance security in the border areas, the Government of India, in coordination with the State Governments concerned, has adopted a multi-pronged approach, which  includes,  inter-alia,  strengthening  of  border  management  through multi-tiered  deployment  along  international  borders  /  Line  of  Control  and infiltration routes, construction of border fencing, improved use of technology,  better  intelligence  and  operational  coordination,  synergizing intelligence flow to check infiltration and proactive action against terrorists within the country.

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