Security agencies on watch after report of suspicious movement of 2 suspects wearing Army uniform
Security agencies on watch after report of suspicious movement of 2 suspects wearing Army uniform
Punjab’s border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot remained on high alert and security forces conducted extensive search operations for the second day Thursday in the wake of suspicion that some terrorists had sneaked into carry out an attack.
Locals in a village near Tibri cantonment of Gurdaspur district Wednesday reported sighting of two men in Army uniform moving in suspicious manner, following which the Army and police began the search operation.
Gurdaspur was targeted by Pakistani terrorists in July last year when a police station here was attacked while Pathankot was witness to a terror strike on an airbase last Saturday.
Significantly, a day before the Pathankot attack, there were reports of sighting of four to five terrorists after a superintendent of police was allegedly abducted.
“The two border districts of Gurdaspur and Pahankot are on high alert,” said Gurdaspur senior superintendent of police Gurpreet Singh Toor Thursday.
Not ruling out the possibility of terrorists hiding, he said, “We are not taking any chance” and complete sanitisation will be carried out. “Suspicion of possible terrorists is there.... We have cordoned off the entire area and combing operations are going on to sanitise it completely,” the SSP said, while informing that no suspicious movement was noticed adjacent to Tibri cantonment Thursday.
Security agencies were on their toes and a combing operation was being undertaken around Tibri military cantonment area here.
