Lt Col Niranjan, a member of the NSG's Bomb Disposal Squad, was killed while he was defusing the grenade at the scene of the terror attack.

The state government had yesterday ordered a high-level administrative inquiry into the violent clash in Saharanpur on July 26.

Police had registered a case against the nine persons for allegedly violating prohibitory orders but they are yet to be presented in court.

Taliban fighters from Pakistan's restive Swat valley have begun extending their influence to other areas even as a top militant commander s...