Six terrorists were neutralised in the terror attack at the Pathankot air base that began in the wee hours on January 1.
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“I informed the police as soon as I could”.
They probably thought me a simple man. I wasn’t in uniform, did not have my security guard and wasn’t carrying a revolver. Sources said the beacon helped the terrorists cross police checkpoints on New Year’s eve without much fuss. It was only when his gunman called him and the terrorists picked up his mobile that they realised the person they had caught was a senior officer, Salwinder said. “The combing operations may be over by tomorrow”.
A separate team of NIA visited Bamiyal village from where the militants are believed to have entered into the Indian territory, they said. He had also announced all those seven security personnel killed during the attack will be treated as martyrs that will entitle them to all the benefits available to battle casualty in war-like situation. As per the orders of DGP, IG Gurupreeth Kaur took over the case and started investigating it.
Reports say that the account given by Singh about his captivity and release raised serious questions due to inconsistent statements.
However, the big question remains whether Pakistan will accept its role in the terror attack and take action against the anti -India machinery working on its soil and finally take action against the perpetrators? We will be able to establish everything once we have some evidence to support our claims. NIA is probing into the SP’s alleged link with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists. “What could I have done against 4 to 5 people who were armed”, he said.
A team of NIA, central agency created after 26/11 Mumbai attacks to probe terror-related cases, quizzed Salwinder Singh in Pathankot which showed there were some discrepancies in his statement which was being looked into, the sources said.
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Pathankot: NIA team led by its chief Sharad Kumar was on Thursday trying to connect the dots in the attack by Pakistani terrorists on Pathankot IAF base, because it visited a number of spots and continued to query a number of eyewitnesses together with senior cops.
