Interpol issues RCN against Shahid Latif in Pathankot attack

Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Shahid Latif, Pakistan-based handler of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who had attacked Pathankot Air Force base in January. CBI, which is the nodal body for Interpol affairs in India, has also forwarded the request for issuing RCN against Kashif Jaan, another handler in the case. 

The requests were made by National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is probing the Pathankot attack case. The warrants were issued on the basis of



evidence presented by the NIA before a Special court in Chandigarh which included telephonic conversation between the terrorists and the Jaish handlers like Jaan and Latif.

Latif had spent over a decade in Indian prison before he was deported to Pakistan after completion of his sentence in the country. Interpol had earlier this week issued a Red Corner Notice against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf in connection with the Pathankot attack.