Mehrishi said Indian authorities were alerted about a potential attack in Pathankot, and that aerial surveillance at the base spotted the suspected militants as they entered the compound.
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Some of the UJC constitute include Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen, Harakat-ul-Ansar, Al-Jihad, Al-Barq.
Police said they do not know if the gunmen came from the Indian portion of Kashmir, where rebels routinely stage attacks, or from Pakistan.
Air assets at the base, including aircraft and helicopters, were secure, and there had been no collateral damage or civilian casualties, he added.
The search operations at Pathankot air force base will continue until all areas have been completely secured, Maj.
An Indian army soldier looks from inside an army vehicle at the Indian air force base in Pathankot, India, Monday, Jan.4, 2016.
Reports also say that police officers whom the SP had informed about the terrorists initially did not may heed to his statements, leading to the operation being delayed by almost 15 hours.
Four terrorists were killed following a gun battle with security forces on the same day.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a meeting of the National Security Council, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that bodies of four terrorists have been recovered and those of the remaining two will also be recovered.
“The attack on Pathankot air base from Kashmiri Mujhadeen carries a message to India that no security establishment and garrison are out of reach from militants”. Gen. Dushyant Singh, from India’s elite National Security Guard, told reporters. Kirby said the United States has for a long time talked about the continued safe haven issues there between Afghanistan and Pakistan and certainly between India and Pakistan. Sources said that the control should have been transferred to the Division Commander of the Indian Army who is posted there, more so as “the place is controlled by the military, and it made just no sense whatsoever to place the NSG in command”.
The US has said it expects Pakistan to act in bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Pathankot attack and asked Islamabad to live up to its pledge that it will not “discriminate” among terror groups.
Should we continue talking to Pakistan was the question that Swaraj wanted the gathering of former diplomats to answer as pressure from within mounted on the government to snap the hastily agreed upon dialogue. However, the domestic pressure is not intense as well particularly as the BJP constituency is asserting itself in demanding “war” as a response to the “attack”.
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Coming a week after PM Modi’s “spontaneous” visit to Pakistan, the attack has generated a debate over ties with the neighbouring country.
