Three former Indian hockey players, drag flick expert Jugraj Singh, former India captain Baljit Dhillon and his brother Daljit Dhillon, were all called to join the Punjab Police team involved in the operation to eliminate the terrorists who had attacked Dinanagar near Gurdaspur recently. The trio had been rushed to Gurdaspur from their place of posting soon after the attack on the police station. Daljit and Jugraj were part of the operation during the day while Baljit, Superintendent of Police, Investigation, was asked to be ready for action if the operation stretched beyond the evening, however, it wasn't needed. “I can't talk about the mission in detail as it's a sensitive issue,” Jugraj said. “As soon as the message about the incident was flashed we rushed to the site to neutralise the terrorists. We reached Dinanagar at about 8:15 am in the morning and took our positions,” said the former India star.
“My brother Daljit and Jugraj were on the spot since morning.” Former forward Baljit said that there was only one thought when he received the orders, to save the people. “We had no feeling. No fear. The only thing on our minds was to achieve our target, to save the people,” he said. “It was quite like hockey where once we went into the ground, the only focus was on scoring goals.”
