Pathankot attack: Pakistan arrests some suspects

Raids were carried out in Gujranwala, Jhelum and Bahawalpur districts and an unspecified number of people were arrested.

January 11, 2016 03:05 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 03:16 am IST - Islamabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being briefed on counter-terrorist and combing operation by security forces, at the Pathankot airbase. Photo: PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being briefed on counter-terrorist and combing operation by security forces, at the Pathankot airbase. Photo: PTI

Pakistani authorities carried out raids at different places following >attack on the Pathankot air base in India, leading to some arrests, intelligence officials said today.

They said that raids were carried out in Gujranwala, Jhelum and Bahawalpur districts and an unspecified number of people were arrested.

“Probe has been going to ascertain if they were involved in the attack or some of them facilitated it,” they said.

The arrests led Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to order a Joint Investigation Team of IB, Inter-Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence, Federal Investigation Agency and Police to thoroughly probe the Pathankot attack links to Pakistan.

Mr. Sharif has already said that a transparent investigation will be made and those involved will not be spared.

India has provided telephone number in Pakistan contacted by the airbase attackers and given other inputs while asking Islamabad to take punitive actions against the handlers and possible mastermind.

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