The terrorists entered the mess building and went to the top floor. One of the terrorists closed the doors of a room from inside and lobbed a grenade, injuring a jawan, who was rushed to Satwari medical hospital.
While lifting the injured jawan, the grenade exploded injuring 9 more jawans.
When the commanding officer Col Avin Uthaiah (hailing from Karnataka) came out, the terrorists were already on the first floor. They fired at the colonel, and the latter was hit in the abdomen, and is currently critical.
During the daylong operation, the 16 Cavalry unit first used a T-72 tank for cover, and later the commandos took over. The commandos took out all three fedayeen one by one, and by 5 pm, all three terrorists were shot dead.
