The NIA will soon send fresh letters Rogatory (judicial request) to Pakistan seeking further information on the four terrorists liquidated by the security forces at the Pathankot airbase.
The fresh lRs will include the addresses of the slain terrorists gathered by the NIA during its probe into the incident. The January 2 attack had left seven security personnel dead. Four terrorists were also killed in the 80-hour gunbattle.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had put the pictures of the four dead terrorists on its official website and asked general public for help in identifying them.
According to official sources, the Central probe agency was flooded with many emails, some of which originated from Pakistan also, giving information about the terrorists.
NIA, during its interaction with the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of Pakistan, had sought details about the place of residence of the terrorists whose names had been shared with the visiting probe team. However, there was no response from Pakistan on the India’s request.
With Pakistan backtracking from reciprocity in the wake of the JIT visit here last month, India now to seek written commitment for the visit of a NIA team to
Pakistan to probe the terror attack.
Official sources said the Union Home Ministry will ask the External Affairs Ministry to seek a written commitment from Pakistan on the NIA team’s visit whenever the next bilateral engagement takes place.
Investigators have found that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf and two other individuals — Kasif Jaan and Shahid latif — were the main conspirators of the January 2 attack on the strategic airbase and India will insist access to all of them.