3 students detained for IAF base attack

“The agencies have picked up Usman Sarwar, a Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) student, a Sahiwal district institution student Saad Mughal and Kashif Jan of Karachi University,” Pakistani media reported on Thursday. The intelligence agencies reportedly picked up the three students on the cell phone numbers provided by the Indian authorities. 

Earlier, the Pakistani authorities had dismissed that the cell phone numbers from whom the calls were allegedly made from Pakistan were “unregistered”. “The agencies are investigating the alleged links of the three students with Jaish-e-Muhammad,” an official said. However, Dr Yasir Hashmi, a LUMS official, denied Usman Sarwar’s arrest. “Sarwar is present in the varsity,” he said. The cell phone numbers were linked to the Facebook accounts of Sarwar, Mughal and Kashif. 

In the terror attack on Pathankot Air Force base that began on January 2, six militants were also eliminated in an operation that lasted four days. 

Suspect nabbed in Amabala 

Army and Haryana Police on Thursday nabbed a man who was found roaming in an army area here. Some maps, a binocular, a torch and some other documents have been recovered from his possession. Military police took him in its custody for interrogation. 

Deputy Commissioner of Police of Ambala Jashndeep Singh said the man was nabbed from an army area and seemed to be deaf and dumb. He is being interrogated by the army, the DCP said. 

Teams of Intelligence Bureau and state CID have also rushed to the spot. Security forces have stepped up vigil in defence areas following the Pathankot terror attack.