Something seriously wrong with counter-security establishment : Parliamentary panel slams govt over Pathankot terror attack
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Pathankot terror attack also observed that the Pakistan Joint Investigation Team (JIT) should not have been allowed to visit the Pathankot airbase, which was attacked by terrorists in January 2016
The chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee, Home Affairs, Pradip Bhattacharya said that the committee was “unable to understand” how security at the Pathankot airbase was compromised despite alerts in advance.
"The committee is unable to understand how terrorists managed to reach Pathankot airbase, despite terror alerts that were sounded well in advance. Security agencies were ill-prepared to anticipate threats in time and counter them swiftly. We had a long interaction with officers at Pathankot airbase. They said they had no information that our airbase would be attacked."
"If the government was serious and intelligence functioned properly, the picture would’ve been very different," Mr.Bhattacharya said.
"Terrorists managed to breach a high security air base and could launch an attack despite an advance alert," said the report.
On January 2, six terrorists entered the high security base and opened fire. In an operation that lasted nearly three days, seven military personnel were killed.
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