Pathankot mastermind is missing, may be in Afghanistan
February 11, 2016 09:41
The man whom India holds responsible for last month's deadly attack on the air force in Pathankot, Pakistani terrorist Masood Azhar, is on the run and may even be hiding in Afghanistan, top sources in Islamabad have revealed.
Days after the Pathankot base was breached by six Pakistani terrorists, launching a gruelling 80-hour-operation to regain control of the massive compound, India said the attack was the work of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed group and listed Azhar, who chiefs the group, and some of his relatives as directly responsible for the siege which left seven military personnel dead and left Indo-Pak relations precariously placed just as they seemed to be improving after a tough year.
Following the attack,reports from Pakistan said that Azhar and his relatives had been placed under house arrest in Islamabad, and that Jaish seminaries and offices had been raided and shut down.
India, however, said that it had not been told by the Pakistani government that Azhar, a 47-year-old cleric, had been arrested.
Now, top-ranking officials in the Pakistan government sources have said that while some Jaish operatives are under arrest, Azhar is not among them. In fact, these sources have addedthat Azhar is untraceable and may well be hiding in Afghanistan.
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