Bodies of four terrorists, who attacked Pathankot air base on Saturday, have been recovered. Reports say 11 security personnel have been martyred while fighting the militants. 18 injured security men have been admitted to a hospital in Pathankot.
Out of the total security men who were killed in the fierce gunbattle, 6 were from Defence Service Corps, 2 from Indian Air Force, 2 from Air Force’s elite commando unit – Garud. NSG’s Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan E Kumar was killed in a grenade blast inside the air base today. Sources said there could be more fatalities.

Meanwhile, combing operation in and around the Pathankot air base is still on as security forces believe that one terrorist could still be hiding inside.

At about 9.00 am today, grenade blasts were heard inside the air base. Sources said explosives recovered from slain terrorists were being defused.
National Investigation Agency’s 12-member team led by IG SK Singh has arrived in Pathankot to probe the brazen terror attack. Intelligence agencies said the pre-dawn attack was hatched by Pakistan’s intelligence agency – Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) and carried out by banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
“The terrorists were from Pakistan and their identities have been proven beyond doubt, they were speaking in distinct Pakistani dialect. We have established the identity of the handlers of the killed terrorists. We have confirmed that no Kashmiri or local Punjabi’s from India were involved in the attack in any way. This attack was masterminded in Rawalpindi,” a top intelligence source said.