Pathankot: Even as Pathankot Air Force Base is being mopped, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started its probe into the case on Monday by grilling the abducted SP.
P Salwinder Singh of Gurdaspur has claimed that he and his friend along with his cook were abducted by a group of armed men on Thursday night, just before the Pathankot attack took place.

He said the group, in Army uniform, signaled them to stop. Salwinder said as they stopped their vehicle, all the five men barged inside the vehicle and started beating them. He claimed that one of them took the driver’s seat and drove towards Pathankot.

After a while, Singh was pushed out of the vehicle and his two companions were driven away by the men. Later, the men pushed one person out of the vehicle near Pathankot and slit the throat of the third man, who has been identified as Rajesh Kumar, who was dropped near Damtal hills on the Punjab-Himachal border after he pretended to be dead.

Later their car was recovered near Dhira village.

In an intercepted call, handlers for the terrorists were reportedly heard asking why the second group of attackers had fallen behind.

Four terrorists have been killed in the gunbattle at the air base which began on Saturday morning. At least two more terrorists are still suspected to be holed up and operations are on to flush them out.

At least seven security personnel have died and 20 are injured.

The Border Security Force will submit a report to the Home Ministry on the possible routes used by the terrorists to infiltrate into India.