In a major development, Gurdaspur & Pathankot have been put on high alert after two suspected fully armed terrorists were sighted in the city. As per reports, a villager of Kot Bhathian hamlet, located near the International Border (IB), called the control room around midnight and claimed that two masked men, both heavily armed, had intruded inside his farmhouse. "They pointed a gun at my head and asked me to prepare dinner. Once they had dinner, they left my house and moved towards Pathankot,” the man told the police as quoted by a news portal. The villager's identity has been kept a secret by the Police.
After the complaint, Pathankot SSP Suhail Qasim Mir reportedly convened a meeting of senior officers. Gurdaspur police chief Harish Dayama also reached the police lines and held a meeting with all SHOs of Gurdaspur district.
Thereafter, checking had been intensified at railway stations and bus stands of Gurdaspur, Dhariwal, Dinanagar, and Pathankot. Vehicles on the Gurdaspur-Pathankot-Jammu National Highway were being checked. The Batala police have also been put on alert.
Not only this but the Army and BSF have also been informed about the citing of two potential terrorists. The Mamun cantonment and the Pathankot Air Force station, too, have been secured.
If the two masked men turn out to be terrorists then it is indeed worrisome as in 2015, three militants had made their way into the Dinanagar police station. At that time the IB had claimed they had infiltrated into India from Bamial village in Pathankot district. Seven persons, including an SP rank officer, were killed before the terrorists were neutralised. Thereafter, just 6 months later, four Pakistan-backed militants laid siege to the Pathankot Air Force station. These terrorists had made their way in from Bamial. Ten people died before the NSG killed all four terrorists.