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Gurdaspur SP grilled as NIA starts Pathankot probe

Updated on: 07 January,2016 09:22 AM IST  | 
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The National Investigating Agency is also questioning Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh, whose vehicle was hijacked; security forces continue combing ops

Gurdaspur SP grilled as NIA starts Pathankot probe

Pathankot martyr Lt Col Niranjan's wife and daughter during his final rites in Palakkad, Kerala on Tuesday

Pathankot: A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team arrived here yesterday to begin the probe the terrorist attack on the Pathankot Airbase. The NIA officials were seen examining the bodies of the slain terrorists along with a team of forensic experts.


Pathankot martyr Lt Col Niranjan’s wife and daughter during his final rites in Palakkad, Kerala on Tuesday.
Pathankot martyr Lt Col Niranjan’s wife and daughter during his final rites in Palakkad, Kerala on Tuesday.


The NIA had yesterday said that it expects cooperation from Islamabad for tracing the perpetrators of the Pathankot attack, saying it was clear that the terrorists were from Pakistan on the basis of the calls they made.


Gurdaspur SP probed
According to reports, the NIA team is also questioning Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, whose vehicle was hijacked by the terrorists when he was returning after offering prayers at a shrine.

Reports say that the account given by Singh about his captivity and release raised serious questions due to inconsistent statements. Singh had earlier rubbished allegations that the Punjab Police did not give credence to the claims made by him for hours.

“I informed the police as soon as I could. I completed my responsibility. They believed me completely. If you expect that I must have fought against them, then they would have killed me. They were five armed men,” he had said.

The operation against the terrorists at the air base entered its fifth day today as security forces continue to carry out combing operations .

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