Armed men blindfolded me, spoke in Urdu: Gurdaspur SP

January 05, 2016 10:33

Before six suspected Pakistani terrorists carried out the attack on the Pathankot air base that left seven security personnel dead and several injured, they had abducted the Superintendent of Police of Gurdaspur Salvinder Singh. Speaking of the incident, the SP today said, " A group of 4-5 men were wearing Indian Army attire approached me. They were carring AK-47s."

"They took my phone and made calls to Pakistan, The terrorist were speaking in Punjabi and Urdu. I could understand little of their conversation in Urdu as I had no knowledge of the language," Singh further revealed. Singh also revealed that while they were in the car, the armed men had blindfolded him and he suspected the terrorists had GPRS systems with them as they did not ask for directions.

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