Johnson Cherian.
In an attack on the highly-fortified Border Security Force (BSF) installation next to the Srinagar airport in the early hours of Tuesday, a jawan was killed and three attackers were gunned down. Three jawans were injured in the operation, police said.
A Srinagar-based spokesman said the operation was on for many hours.
The body of the jawan was found inside one of the complexes, police sources said.
All outstation-bound passengers were allowed towards the airport. Sources said a few flights from Delhi to Srinagar were allowed to take off.
A senior police official told The Hindu that the militants alighted at the gates of the BSF’s 182 Battalion at Gogoland and opened fire to barge into the campus. “One militant was killed at the gates,” said a Srinagar-based police spokesman.
Sources said the other two militants managed to sneak into the premises that comprises many buildings.
The BSF campus shares its boundary wall with the airport. A CRPF and a J&K Light Infantry camps are also located in the area.
An official said all flights till 10 a.m. were cancelled at the airport as the entry point remained sealed. No morning flights were allowed to land in the airport.
The Army’s 53 Rashtriya Rifles have sealed the entire area.
Unconfirmed reports suggest Jaish-e-Muhammad has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
