More than 100 hours after six terrorists had stormed into the Pathankot air base, combing operations in the area are officially over, the Western Command said.
In a joint press conference, Lieutenant General KJ Singh, General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Command said, "this operation has been complete with total synergy between Air Force and the Police."
Citing difficulty in the operations, the Lieutenant General said that the area of operation was very difficult. We had to avoid a hostage situation.
"Army's role in the operation was not limited", he added.
He further went on to say that the bomb disposal teams are still working in the area and are also playing a big role in the investigations of the terror attack.
Earlier on Wednesday, further leads into the investigation of the Pathankot terror attack raised suspicions over Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police (SP) Salwinder Singh having alleged links with the terrorists who attacked Pathankot.
While Singh has maintained that he has been a regular to the Panj Pir Dargah, shrine keeper Som has claimed that he had never seen him before at the place.
In a startling revelation, Som claimed that Singh made a phone call to him at around 8:30 pm on December 31 to keep the shrine open as he would be visiting. When he resisted claiming that it was already late and it was time to close the shrine, the SP allegedly forced and ordered Som to keep it open.
He also added that the SP's friend jeweller friend Rajesh Verma visited the shrine twice on the same day. He had never been to the shrine earlier, Som claimed.
As per sources, Singh is likely to be taken into custody. The SP might have played a crucial role in the Pathankot attacks as it is believed that he could have also provided logistical support to the terrorists.
There is suspicion over his late night visit to the Panj Pir dargah as there was already a terror alert in the area and the SP went unarmed to such an isolated area.
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