Pathankot: The massive combing operation at the sprawling Air Force station here ended on Friday, seven days after six terrorists struck, even as the districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur remained on high alert in the wake of reported sighting of two men in army fatigues two days back.
“The combing operation at the Air Force station is over,” an IAF official said, adding the entire area has been sanitised.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Pathankot in Punjab on Saturday for first-hand assessment of the situation at the Air base which was attacked by six terrorists last Saturday. Sources said the visit is expected to take place in the morning and details of the trip are being finalised.
The sanitisation operation had been going on for the last three days ever since the six terrorists were gunned down.
The operation to ensure that no terrorist was hiding was carried out jointly by Army, NSG and IAF’s Garud commandos. The official said the IAF was “sharing and supporting” the NIA with the inputs.
The NIA has investigated the personnel of Defence Services Corps in connection with the terror attack. However, Pathankot and Gurda-spur are still on high alert in the wake of claims by locals in a village that they had seen two men in fatigues moving in a suspicious manner on Wednesday. Army and police, including the SWAT commandos, are carrying out searchoperations.
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