A group of heavily-armed men struck the sprawling camp of the 36 brigade of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry before dawn on February 10, killing six people including five soldiers.


Five Army personnel, hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, and the father of one of the slain soldiers, were killed and 10 others, including two officers and six women and children, were injured in the incident.


The casualties were limited because of the bravery and the alertness of a sentry at the camp -- CRPF constable, Raghunath Ghait.


Early in the morning at around 4:30 am, the alert CRPF sentry of 23 Bn Karan Nagar spotted two militants carrying backpacks and armed with AK-47 rifles.


The sentry opened fire due to which terrorists fled towards the nearby locality and took refuge in an underconstruction building near Gole Market, Karan Nagar.


"Mujhe jab pata chala ki yeh militant hain, main saamne aaya aur unko lalkaara. Yeh haadsa subha 4.30-5 baje ke kareeb hua. Agar yeh log camp ke andar chale jaate toh bahot nuksan ho jaata," Ghait said.