The Army lost Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh, 39, Second-in-Command of the Unit and a resident of Sector 18A Chandigarh in the firing along with three other soldiers including Sepoy Kiran Kumar Reddy 29, a resident of Sudhukurli Pilla, in district Chitoor, Andhra Pradesh, Sepoy Meesala Srnivas, 29 of village Mendada, district Vizilangiri, Andhra Pradesh and Havaldar Indra Singh, 38 a resident of Ward No. 17, Jhunjhun, Rajasthan. Injured Army personnel including Commanding Officer of the Unit Col Avin Adhiya, who hailed from village Kakotupran Girijapte, district Kodagu, Karnataka and Sepoy Gaya Singh R/o Deeyanoor Kuklam, district Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. Both of them have been admitted in Military Hospital, Chandigarh.
Though separatists in Srinagar claimed the Shohada (martyrs) brigade behind the attack, the modus operandi was clear. It had the clear imprint of Lashkar-e-Toiba, who had infiltrated their terrorists from Pakistan to carry out their plan to lay siege to the Army school, for a prolonged standoff, Kenya-style.
