PATHANKOT,Jan 03: A fresh grenade blast ripped through the air force base here this morning claiming the life of an NSG commando, as three other security men succumbed to injuries in a hospital after yesterday’s terror attack taking the toll of Indian security personnel to seven.
DIG (Border) Vijay Pratap said that two terrorists are still hiding inside the Air Force Base and the search operation is underway.
Lt Col Niranjan, a member of the NSG’s Bomb Disposal Squad, was killed while he was defusing the grenade at the scene of the terror attack as part of the combing operations that continued through the night. Four other security men were also injured in the blast.
Among those battling for their lives in the hospital are 8 DSC personnel and a Garud commando.(ABP)
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