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Thursday, January 07, 2016

PATHANKOT TERROR INCIDENT : SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

PATHANKOT TERROR ATTACK: SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?

A number of questions arise on the conduct of Salvinder Singh , SP of Gurdaspur police. It seems,  he, willingly or unwillingly has some role to play not only in the  infiltration of terrorists but also in providing them easy access to Pathankot Air Force base. He can not be allowed to get away. Following questions need to be answered by Punjab Police and SP Salvinder Singh :-

1. What is his friendship with a Jeweler , Rajesh Verma?
2. Does the Jeweler have some kind of relationship with Gold / Drug Smugglers?
3. What were Salvinder and Verma doing at 1.30 AM in the border Area on the New Year's Day , when there was a warning by ADGP , HS DHILLON on the possible terrorist attack on New Year's Day?
4. Why SP did not take his security guards with him on this sojourn, when there was a terrorist threat by his ADGP?
5. Which temple in Gurdaspur did he go to pray on the last day of the year?
6. What was his cook Madan Gopal doing with him? Was he a link with Verma or some smugglers?
7. Who was driving the Police Car? Where was SP's official driver?
8. How did the SP convince the terrorist that he was a civilian? Who did they think the SP was?

The above unanswered questions do give a suspicion that SP might have had some direct or indirect connection with Smugglers. Rajesh Verma, the jeweler, might be his indirect conduit  for this connection. There is a theory , which would suggest the purpose of their visit at such an odd hour in the border areas. It is possible that SP and his Jeweler friend were enticed and lured by ISI through a Smuggler connection to come to the border area to facilitate crossing of border of the contraband Gold / Drugs. What is better for terrorists, posing as smugglers, than to use the official vehicle of the police to reach the intended target area. Jeweler was taken along by the terrorists to guide them to the Air Force base.

Now come other set of questions. Here they are :-

9. If terrorists could kill the driver of a taxi they had hired, why did they leave SP and his cook alive in the Dense forest?
10. Did the terrorists really impress SP & Co that they were smugglers and they would make the payment to the Jeweler near their place of dispersal? Did the SP realise that he was trapped ?
11. Why did not the terrorists kill the Jeweler? Was some known smuggler part of the Terrorist group?
12. How come there was a sudden arrest of THREE MOHALI BASED smugglers by Punjab police on 03 January? Where did it get the lead from?
13.  Were these three smugglers conduit in the hiring of a taxi by terrorist with a Pakistani SIM CARD ? It is now alleged by police that the three arrested smugglers had not only Pakistani Sim Cards and Pakistani marks weapons.
14. Who hired Ikagar Singh's taxi on a call from a Pakistani number?
15. Why do we forget a news item in Times of India of a few days back,which claimed that Pakistan had increased the range of their communication transmitters which could ensure use of Pakistani mobiles, some 40-50 KMs across the border?
16. Did our intelligence agencies see a monster in this increased range of Communication transmitter and issue a terrorist threat perception?

The examination of above questions lead us to believe that whole operation might have been planned by ISI and facilitated by Smugglers with their links in the Punjab police. It is a different matter that Indian smugglers did not know the scale and purpose of this operation. Pakistan's ISI might have cleverly used Pakistani smuggler's links with Indian smugglers? Therefore the whole operation seems to be an imprint of ISI all over. SP Salvinder might have realized later that he has been trapped into a terrorist act and as such he let out that KIDNAPPING STORY.

There is also a mismatch in the version given by Jeweler and the SP. While Jeweler say that there were Five men in Army uniform ; the SP maintains that there were four. I am sure both of them know how to count. This is further evidence that their kidnapping story is flawed. They had very much gone for facilitating the smugglers border- crossing, the rest is all bunkum. What is confusing is the fact as to why the Jeweler was left alive with a minor injury ? Or did the jeweler himself inflict a minor injury to add realty to their kidnapping theory? It seems so. Sure, this jeweler has some connection with the Smugglers and police nabbed the Mohali based Smugglers.

My final question is : what happened to sixth terrorist? Was he blown off or captured in a wounded state or he just gave up? Is he the . This terrorist operation is a testimony that PEACE and HARMONY in South Asia is still a very very distant dream. Pakistan Army and ISI would not give up their Animosity with India, however much likes of Nawaz Sharief desire? The reaction of Pakistani media to this incident is a clear indication that Army calls the shots in Pakistan.

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