Pathankot air base attack News
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday refused to give a clean chit to Pakistani official establishment in connection with terror attack in Pathankot airbase saying investigation was still continuing.
The report claimed that jihadi groups, which target India, are still very active in the border areas, and have been churning out fresh recruits with vigour.
Parrikar said there has been fresh information that some of the Pathankot attackers were inside the air base even before the intelligence was received.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pathankot air base, which was recently hit by a major terrorist attack carried out by the Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), officials said on Friday.
Under scanner over his abduction claims by Pathankot attackers, Superintendent of Police (SP) Salwinder Singh was on Wednesday taken to the place near Kolian village where the incident took place on December 31.
The Kerala govt on Wednesday announced a compensation Rs 50 lakh for the family of martyred NSG commando Lt. Col EK Niranjan, who was killed in the counter-offensive against terrorists at the Pathankot air base on Sunday.
Pak Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said some anti Pak-India elements want to sabotage the dialogue process between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Combing operations continued on Wednesday to sanitise the Pathankot Air Force base in Punjab.
Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, his cook Madan Gopal and friend Rajesh Verma had claimed they were abducted by the terrorists who attacked Pathankot air base.
The three terrorists who had occupied a big house from where they targeted the Indian Consulate left two messages written in blood on the walls that their mission was to avenge the execution of Afzal Guru.
The terrorists had used under barrel guns in the Pathankot attack, launched days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore.
Punjab Police officials took their own senior officer`s version on the presence of Pakistani terrorists in the area lightly.
BJP on Tuesday slammed the Congress Party for criticising the ruling dispensation on the terror attack at Pathankot air base.
The body of Lt Col EK Niranjan of the National Security Guard, who was killed in the counter-offensive against terrorists at the Pathankot air base, was laid to rest in his hometown with full state honours.
The hijacking of a police officer`s car by gunmen disguised in uniform should have set off alarm bells and helped prevent a deadly weekend attack on a military air base, officials and security experts said.
Some held their tears while others were inconsolable as coffins of security personnel killed in Pathankot terror strike reached home on Monday for last rites.
Over 62 hours after suspected Pakistani terrorists raided the IAF base here killing seven security personnel and losing five of their own, senior officers said on Monday evening that they were still sensitizing the area.
Pakistan Foreign Office said that they were working on the 'leads' provided by India with regard to attack at Pathankot air base.
The hijacking of an Indian police officer's car by gunmen disguised in uniform should have set off alarm bells, officials and security experts said.
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