The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has termed the murderous attack on retired Lt. General K.S. Brar in London, last week as unfortunate and tragic and has condemned it. He said he does not want to say that which agency had attacked the General. Indian government is bound to take action against the attackers but it is too early to ask for extraditing them to India as the British Government is investigating the case.

Gen. Brar had led the ‘Operation Bluestar’ in 1984 to flush out pro-Khalistan militants from the Golden Temple.

When asked to comment on the construction of a memorial inside the premises of Sri Harmandir Sahib in the memory of extremists killed in the operation, the Home Minister said that the Nation and the state had suffered a lot during terrorism in the past.

AIR Correspondent reports that this was the first visit of Suhsil Kumar Shinde to Punjab after assuming the charge of the Home Minister. He visited Attari-Wagah Joint Check post and reviewed the security situation during a meeting with Border Security Force. He also visited Integrated Check Post to review the problems being faced by traders from both the sides and assured to solve the same soon.

On the issue of crossing over of Chinese troops into Indian territory in Leh-Ladakh sector, the Home Minister, said that Chinese tried to infiltrate into our territory at some places in the past but Indian forces are alert to not to allow them to do so.