Mystery of snatched SP & 24-hour window

January 04, 2016 12:24

One question has been rearing its head through the sound of explosions in Pathankot: what exactly was the role played by Salwinder Singh? Salwinder was the superintendent of police in Gurdaspur (headquarters) till recently. Now he is on course to take over as the assistant commander of the 75th Battalion of the Punjab Armed Police.

It was on Salwinder's blue-beaconed car that the attackers are suspected to have reached somewhere near the Pathankot air force base.

The Punjab police are portraying Salwinder as a hero who managed to hoodwink the terrorists, slipped out of their hands and alerted the security establishment, which helped save the "high-value assets" in the air base. Read more

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