Pathankot terror attack carried out at behest of ISI?

Two IAF personnel were martyred, six were injured and four terrorists killed in the gunbattle that ensued.

“Pakistan is our neighbour, we want peace, but any terror attack on India will get a befitting response”, he added.

However, as combing operations continued, with the forces suspecting more terrorists to be hiding, shots were heard again at around 11.30 a.m.

A Delhi court today remanded a former IAF official, arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with Pakistan’s ISI after he was “honey trapped” by a woman with links to the spy agency, to two more days of police custody to enable the agency to interrogate him in connection with the Pathankot terror attack.

IAF was using its two attack helicopters to assist the joint team of ground troops to neutralise the remaining terrorists, the sources said.

“The terrorists were contained in one area of the air force station”. The technical area of the Air Force station is safe, police said.

“It may lead to a momentary pause in the…dialogue and attacks from the (Indian parliamentary) opposition for not pursuing a harder line, but I don’t think it will have a long-term impact”. A terror attack on Dinanagar town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on July 27, 2015, left seven people dead, including a senior police officer.

The attack came just a week after Modi made an unscheduled visit to Pakistan and met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with an aim of improving ties. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a beginning, now it is Pakistan’s turn to reciprocate”.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the attack, while the Congress said incidents of terrorism are on a rise in Punjab.

In a statement issued in Islamabad, Pakistan’s foreign office extended heartfelt condolences to the government, people of India and the bereaved families, Radio Pakistan reported.

At least five gunmen entered the site at Pathankot in the northern state of Punjab at about 3 a.m. local time, according to Ashwani Kumar, superintendent of the Punjab police. Find us on Facebook too!