Along the Jammu Border

In twin terror attacks on Thursday in Jammu, three terrorists managed to get inside Indian territory and killed 10 people (including four policemen and four Armymen) before finally getting gunned down in the encounter. We travelled to a border outpost and the Hiranagar Police station and found that inspite of being one of the most heavily militarised zone in the country, the security establishment could do nothing to contain the attack.

In twin terror attacks on Thursday in Jammu, three terrorists managed to get inside Indian territory and killed 10 people (including four policemen and four Armymen) before finally getting gunned down in the encounter.

We travelled to a border outpost and the Hiranagar Police station and found that inspite of being one of the most heavily militarised zone in the country, the security establishment could do nothing to contain the attack.

In this photo: A BSF jawan at the International border with Pakistan near Hiranagar. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)

The fencing is five layered, one of which is electrified. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)
Every 200 metres is a mound where the BSF jawans keep a watch. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)
Floodlights are installed for the night vigil. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)

BSF jawan through the window of the cramped jeeps they use. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)
Bullet ridden walls of the Hiranagar police station, which was the first point of attack by the militants. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)
Clothes drying on an unused board of the Police station. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)

Barracks inside the station where the policemen were sleeping when the militants attacked in the early hours of Thursday morning. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)
A day after the attack, the scene at the barracks is not very different. (Photo courtesy: Niha Masih, NDTV)