The shrine is located a few kilometres from
Bamiyal, the village from where the terrorists were suspected to have
infiltrated into India before mounting the attack. Officials of the probe
agency have also found similarities in the recent attack on the Pathankot Air
Force station and a police station and some other targets in Dinanagar, both in
Punjab, a Home Ministry spokesperson said. officer
of Punjab Police Salwinder Singh was quizzed for the fourth day on Thursday by
the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as part of the probe into the Pathankot
terror attack. The investigators also questioned Salwinder Singh's cook and the
caretaker of 'Panj Peer Dargah', which the police officer had claimed to have
visited before he was kidnapped by terrorists involved in the attack on air
base. The cook Madan Gopal and Salwinder Singh's
friend Somraj may also be confronted with each other to ascertain the veracity
of their statements, NIA spokesperson said. Three heavily-armed militants in army
fatigues, believed to have infiltrated from Pakistan, had on July 27 last year
sprayed a moving bus with bullets and stormed a police station in Dinanagar,
killing eight people, including a Superintendent of Police before being killed
in a counteroffensive. The case is being probed by the Punjab Police They were killed in a counter-operation by Indian
forces that lasted for about three days and also claimed the lives of seven
security personnel
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