Pathankot: A Lieutenant Colonel of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG) was killed and three other security personnel were injured in an IED explosion during a combing operation at Pathankot Air Force Station here on Sunday, Even as fresh gunshots were heard while an Improvised Explosive Device exploded on Sunday during the combing operation at the Indian Air Force frontier base
Three security personnel injured in the terror attack by Pakistani terrorists succumbed to injuries, taking the death toll of security men killed in the attack to seven.
While all the four attackers were killed in the day-long gunbattle yesterday, three security men were also killed in the operation.
Three more Defence Security Corps personnel succumbed to injuries in hospital at night, Defence Ministry sources said today.
Sources said Lt Col Niranjan of the NSG was killed and three other security personnel of the elite force were injured in the IED blast on Sunday morning during a combing operation at the base.