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| Army had positioned two columns (comprising about 50 men) and a team of Special Forces at the Pathankot Air Force station prior to the attack. ANI pic |
January 2, 2016, NewsCrunch
Thanks to a tip off and alert forces, a major terror attack has been foiled in
The Pakistani terrorists, who came to attack Pathankot airbase, found that Indian soldiers were fully ready to take on them
They found NSG commandos, Army and Air Force SWAT teams and helicopters waiting for them.
A PTI report says Army had positioned two columns (comprising about 50 men) and a team of Special Forces at the Pathankot Air Force station prior to the attack.
The terrorists still engaged Indian troops for more than five hours in fierce gun battle, which saw four of them and three IAF men getting killed.
This was one terror attack that almost happened with a prior announcement.
Reports that a few armed men had abducted Punjab Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh had put the authorities on full alert that terrorists could be on loose.
A team of NSG commandos had been rushed to
But the authorities faced a daunting task. A border state, Punjab , has too many targets for terrorists.
Punjab has frontline IAF bases in Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara and Bathinda and army presence at Jalandhar, Pathankot,Amritsar , Bathinda and Patiala .
As events unfolded, the attack happened at Pathankot.
The Indian officials have several serious questions to answer:
How could the terrorists be on the run for nearly 24 hours after the abduction of a police officer of the SP rank?
How could they get so close to the Pathankot airbase and even penetrate it. IAF says terrorists could not get access to the technical area where the MIGs are kept. This is an admission that they were close enough.
Why did it take more than five hours to pacify a terror attack, which did not have the surprise element?
Even the report of the abduction of SP needs to be closely ascertained. Why would the terrorists abduct a police officer drawing attention to themselves? And, what made them let him go, knowing that he would alert authorities?
Like Indian officials, did they also bungle up?
Punjab has frontline IAF bases in Pathankot, Adampur, Halwara and Bathinda and army presence at Jalandhar, Pathankot,
As events unfolded, the attack happened at Pathankot.
The Indian officials have several serious questions to answer:
How could the terrorists be on the run for nearly 24 hours after the abduction of a police officer of the SP rank?
How could they get so close to the Pathankot airbase and even penetrate it. IAF says terrorists could not get access to the technical area where the MIGs are kept. This is an admission that they were close enough.
Why did it take more than five hours to pacify a terror attack, which did not have the surprise element?
Even the report of the abduction of SP needs to be closely ascertained. Why would the terrorists abduct a police officer drawing attention to themselves? And, what made them let him go, knowing that he would alert authorities?
Like Indian officials, did they also bungle up?