Yesterday Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh was kidnapped and his car hijacked at gunpoint at Jammu-Pathankot national highway on his way back to home around 4 pm by heavily armed persons wearing army uniforms. A Red Alert was issued and a massive search operation was launched into the incident to apprehend the culprits.
Later using the same hijacked vehicle the terrorists entered the air base, located 50 kilometers from the border with Pakistan and 200 kilometers from state capital Chandigarh, wearing military uniform. Pathankot is important as it is the first line of air defense against any attack from Pakistan. It is MiG 21 airbase and also has an Army division.
Already media have started raising questions relating the attack to the Indo-Pak relations seen to be improving recently. The Hindu reported,
The attack is the first reality check for Modi’s efforts to reach out to Pakistan, and the global community would be watching closely how the masculine NDA government in New Delhi will r...
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