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Pathankot terror attack: 'Mom, I am on a suicide mission'
Intelligence agencies intercepted four phone calls which were related to Pathankot terror attack.
January 2, 2016 | Posted by Manish Kumar Pathak | UPDATED 16:49 IST
One of the terrorists called his mother in Pakistan's Punjab province to seek her blessings. Sources said the attacker asked his mother to bless him before he goes ahead with the fidayeen (suicide) mission.
"Son, please have some food before you lay down your life," a woman is heard telling her terrorist son in the phone call intercepted by Indian agencies.
Four terrorists, one Air Force commando and two Defence Service Core (DSC) jawans have been killed so far in the attack on Pathankot air force base. A massive combing operation is still continuing in the area to nab two more attackers. A total of six terrorists had sneaked into India through Gurdaspur border to target important installations. They were tasked to destroy fighter jets stationed at the air base and inflict heavy damage.
According to reports, some senior ISI men met top leaders of banned terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen in December 2015. The meeting took place somewhere in PoK. ISI called for cooperation between all terror groups to carry out attacks inside India during this meeting.
Also read: Terror attack on Pathankot air base: What we know so far
Pak number used to hire taxi by terrorists in Pathankot
The terrorists in Pathankot used a Toyota Innova which was a Pakistani registered vehicle.
The
terrorists, who carried out the attack in Pathankot, were in regular
touch with their Pakistani handlers, who even arranged a taxi for them
by calling from a mobile number of that country.
Sources said the terrorists had first used a Toyota Innova vehicle yesterday and it has been found that the driver was called from a Pakistan number.
Security
agencies are questioning the driver and trying to find out whether he
(driver) had been offering regular services to Pakistan-based smugglers,
who have links with the terrorists, or was it a case of him not
realising that it was a Pakistan number.
The driver of the Innova was called to a particular spot near Pathankot where the terrorists boarded the vehicle.
The sources said that the car was used for travelling on an untarred road and dumped after a while as the rim of the vehicle got damaged.
The terrorist then hijacked an SUV (Mahindra SUV X500) in which a Superintendent of Punjab Police was travelling along with a friend and a cook.
The SP and the cook were forced to leave the vehicle while the friend, a jeweller, was taken as hostage.
The terrorists snatched a mobile phone from them and used it to dial the number in Pakistan which was used to call the driver of the Toyota Innova. From this number, they had called their handlers thrice and once to a family member who was told that they were on a suicide mission.
Security agencies have found that from the Pakistani mobile number, the handlers were actively giving the directions to the terrorists.
Since the Pakistani number was under surveillance, security agencies were able to find out the possible target of the terrorists, leading to dispatching of 160 NSG commandos, army special forces besides others.
Also read:
Pathankot terror attack planned by ISI: The inside story
Sources said the terrorists had first used a Toyota Innova vehicle yesterday and it has been found that the driver was called from a Pakistan number.
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The sources said that the car was used for travelling on an untarred road and dumped after a while as the rim of the vehicle got damaged.
The terrorist then hijacked an SUV (Mahindra SUV X500) in which a Superintendent of Punjab Police was travelling along with a friend and a cook.
The SP and the cook were forced to leave the vehicle while the friend, a jeweller, was taken as hostage.
The terrorists snatched a mobile phone from them and used it to dial the number in Pakistan which was used to call the driver of the Toyota Innova. From this number, they had called their handlers thrice and once to a family member who was told that they were on a suicide mission.
Security agencies have found that from the Pakistani mobile number, the handlers were actively giving the directions to the terrorists.
Since the Pakistani number was under surveillance, security agencies were able to find out the possible target of the terrorists, leading to dispatching of 160 NSG commandos, army special forces besides others.
Also read:
Pathankot terror attack planned by ISI: The inside story
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