Prime Minister Narendra Modi last night reviewed the situation arising out of the terror attack at Pathankot’s air base.
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IAF helicopters flew through the night over the air base to assist ground forces in the counter offensive against the terrorists.
The hijacking of an Indian police officer’s automotive by gunmen disguised in uniform ought to have set off alarm bells and helped forestall a lethal weekend attack on a army air base, officers and security specialists stated.
“It’s now clear that another group of at least two terrorists sneaked into the Pathankot Air Force base well before the intelligence alert was sounded on Friday evening”.
“The United States certainly believes that warmer relations and more cooperation between the government of India and the government of Pakistan would be in the interests of both countries”. “By accusing Pakistan for every attack, India neither succeeded in past to malign the Kashmir Freedom Struggle nor will it get anything in future through malicious propaganda”, Spokesperson said. Syed Sadaqat Hussain, who claimed to be a spokesman of the conglomerate of guerrilla groups based in Muzaffarabad in Pakistani Kashmir, said this in a statement mailed to Kashmir Media Network news agency.
Police sources stationed at the air base said that the firing could be linked to the mopping operation as security forces were trying to secure the area and neutralise the remaining terrorists whose number is assessed to be between two and three.
Taking a dig at Modi, Maken said: “Even as the neutralisation of terrorists at Pathankot airbase continued with our security forces fighting valiantly, Modi was propagating yoga to the gatherings in Karnataka”.
The comments by Mehrishi came a day after Home Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted saying the operation had been completed with the killing of five terrorists. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, both members of the Cabinet Committee on Security, were also present at the meeting.
Naqvi reported from New Delhi.
To make things worse, the water is also sometimes deliberately deflect by Pakistan, leading to flooding in certain areas that has affected Border Security Forces camps in the past.
An element of uncertainty on Monday prevailed over next week’s Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan amid indications that these may be deferred in the wake of the terror attack.
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In a surprise move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited Lahore on December 25 to greet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on his birthday in person. In the past, when it was in opposition, Modi’s own right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party was a vocal critic of engagement with Pakistan.
