DHAKA:  India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniform stormed a police station in Punjab state, killing at least five people and injuring several others.

The dead included three civilians and two homeguards, reports hindustantimes.com.

Unconfirmed reports, however, put the death toll at eight.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh said he had spoken to the head of the Border Security Force and "instructed him to step up the vigil on India-Pakistan border".

The terrorists struck a moving bus in Dinanagar at 5.30am, spraying bullets at passengers, injuring four. The assailants then targeted a health centre followed by a building where the families of police personnel reside and hurled grenades before entering the police station.

The army was mobilised as the 'fidayeen' militants were holed up in Dinanagar police station complex. Special forces, too, were deployed and a gunbattle was on several hours after the attack began.

BDST: 1247 HRS, JULY 27, 2015
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