Indian Hockey | Stars Part of Gurdaspur Operation

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Subscribe to Times Of India's Youtube channel here: http://goo.gl/WgIatu 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 which was involved in the operation to eliminate the terrorists Also Subscribe to Bombay Times Youtube Channel here: http://goo.gl/AdXcgU Social Media Links: Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TimesofIndia Twitter : https://twitter.com/timesofindia Google + : https://plus.google.com/u/0/+timesindia/posts 'Download TOI app on Android & iPhone and WIN free recharge coupon worth Rs. 50/- from Paytm - http://goo.gl/AvRYmM Times Of India's Official YouTube channel is managed by Culture Machine Media Pvt Ltd. 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 which was involved in the operation to eliminate the terrorists who had attacked the border town of Dinanagar near Gurdaspur on July 27. The trio had been rushed to Gurdaspur from their place of posting soon after the attack on the police station.  Daljit (DSP-Attari, Kapurthala) and Jugraj (DSP-Investigation, Amritsar Rural) were part of the operation during the day while Baljit, Superintendent of Police, Investigation (Hoshiarpur), was asked to be ready for action if the operation stretched beyond the evening. That situation did not arise.  Baljit, who formed a deadly combination with Dhanraj Pillay during his playing days and who also played along side Jugraj, said he was waiting for his turn to join the operation when it ended. "Had the fighting carried on, we would have joined it," he said.  Baljit refused to give details, but revealed that personnel from his unit reached the spot in the afternoon. "My brother Daljit and Jugraj were on the spot since morning." The former forward 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."  Baljit said he was lucky to get the opportunity to serve the country in its hour of crisis. "Yeh to farz banta hai (This is my duty). It's an honour to be part of the Punjab Police and get such opportunities to serve the country." He said that the only problem he faced after the incident was when a wrong post on a social networking site made people believe that he had been killed in the attack.  Ironically, the slain SP had replaced former India wrestler Jagjit Singh Saroya in his post just 11 months before the dastardly attack.