Modi visits Pathankot airbase for assessment of situation after terror attack
10 Jan 2016 7:17 AM
Modi lauded the bravery and determination of security forces on the ground.
Narendra Modi in Pathankot airbase. (Photo: PTI)
Seven Indian security personnel were killed during the assault.- The perpetrators were believed to have infiltrated the Indian territory from a spot near Bamiyal village in Pathankot located close to the international border.
- The Prime Minister was taken around the Military Engineering Service Yard where the terrorists were first engaged by the security forces and the two-storey billet for airmen's accomodation where the last two terrorists were killed after the structure was blown up by the security forces.
- Noted with satisfaction the decision-making & its execution, the considerations that went into our tactical response, PMO tweeted after his visit to the airbase.
- Modi also went around the scene of the audacious attack that exposed the chinks in the armour of the Indian security establishment and was shown the huge cache of weapons and ammunition recovered.
- Air Force chief Air Marshal Arup Raha and National Security Guard officials briefed the Prime Minister about the attack and the counteroffensive launched against the perpetrators with the help of of maps, aerial pictures and operational photographs, defence sources said.
- Modi spent about 90 minutes at the air base during which he was briefed about the attack and security measures put in place at the facility in its wake.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the strategic Pathankot Air Force base on Saturday for a first-hand assessment of the situation in the aftermath of the terror attack last Saturday.
Narendra Modi in Pathankot airbase. (Photo: PTI)
Modi lauded the bravery and determination of security forces on the ground.
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