NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (
NIA) on Monday released the photos of the four terrorists who attacked Pathankot Air Force base and sought help to identify them.
In a pre-dawn attack on January 2, a group of heavily armed Pakistani terrorists, suspected to be belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit, struck at the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.
Intelligence agencies had identified Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar as the prime mastermind of the
Pathankot terror attack.
The attack was reportedly planned at a markaz (a seminary) in Bahawalpur, intelligence sources had said.
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Read MoreBharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in India’s neighbourhood.
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