Pathankot: High alert issued after local claims sighting suspected terrorists
What's the story
Security forces today put the city of Pathankot in Punjab on high alert after a local claimed to have given a lift to two suspected terrorists.
The local claimed that he gave a lift to two men last night. The duo got down at a place nearby Kathua region in neighboring Jammu and Kashmir.
Pathankot police have been checking vehicles at key places.
Investigation
Police treating the two as possible suspects and proceeding accordingly
"We're on alert and the matter is being investigated. A local told us that he gave lift to two youths. The local felt that the duo could be terror suspects as they're apparently carrying weapons and got down at a place nearby Kathua," Pathankot SSP Vivek Sheel Soni said.
"At this stage, we're treating the two as possible suspects and proceeding accordingly," he said.
Information
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