SP detective Gurdaspur Baljit Singh dies in terrorist attack, in Punjab

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Baljit Singh, the police officer, who was today killed in the gun-battle with terrorists in Gurdaspur district, was a son to a policeman who too was killed by militants during the height of militancy in Punjab in 1984. Seven persons - four civilians and three policemen including Baljit, Superintendent of Police (Detective), were today killed by heavily-armed militants in army uniform who early in the morning stormed a police station. After nearly 11 hours, the terrorist attack on Punjab's Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district bordering Pakistan came to an end on Monday evening, police sources said. The sources said that three terrorists had been killed in the counter-offensive launched by the Punjab Police. Six people, including a senior police officer, two home guards personnel and three c