Pathankot Attack: Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh appears before NIA for questioning
NIA Had Issued Summons To Salwinder Singh, Who Is At Present Assistant Commandant Of 75th Battalion Of Punjab Armed Police, To Appear Before The Agency For Thorough Questioning As There Were Some Discrepancies In His Statement To NIA And Punjab Police.
A Punjab SP, who was allegedly abducted by terrorists involved in the Pathankot attack, today appeared before NIA here for questioning in connection with the terror strike.
NIA had issued summons to Salwinder Singh, who is at present Assistant Commandant of 75th battalion of Punjab Armed Police, to appear before the agency for thorough questioning as there were some discrepancies in his statement to NIA and Punjab Police.
Sources did not rule out the possibility of subjecting him to lie detector test.
Singh, along with his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and cook Madan Gopal, were allegedly kidnapped by terrorists on the intervening night of December 31 and January one before they entered the IAF base in Pathankot and carried out a terror strike on the following intervening night in which seven security personnel including a Lt Colonel of NSG were killed.
Singh was recently shunted as SP (headquarters) of Gurdaspur following allegation of breach of discipline.
The NIA has registered three cases in connection with the terror strike at Pathankot IAF base.
The first case pertains to Salwinder Singh’s abduction and the second for the killing of the taxi driver. Both the cases were registered at Narot Jaimal Singh Police Station in Pathankot district.
The third and the main case, registered at Police Station Division No. 2 Pathankot, relates to the terrorist attack on the Air Force Station.
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