Pak JIT shouldn't have been allowed to visit Pathankot IAF base, says Parliamentary committee
The committee has also questioned the government's motive, and has demanded to be apprised as to what prompted the Indian government to seek Pakistan's help.
Almost four months after the Pathankot airbase terror attack, the Parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs submitted its report to the Parliament. Making a scathing observation, chairman of the standing committee Pradeep Bhattacharya said, "Indian government has made a huge mistake. The Pakistan Joint Investigation Team (JIT) should not have been allowed to visit the Pathankot airbase, which was attacked by terrorists in January 2016."
The committee has also questioned the government's motive, and has demanded to be apprised as to what prompted the Indian government to seek Pakistan's help.
The panel has slammed the security arrangement of the Pathankot airbase saying that its team visited the airbase on February 11 and found that it is poorly guarded. The panel questioned how the terrorists managed to scale the walls and enter the attack site despite an alert by the Intelligence Bureau.
It also questioned how Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh and his friends were set free by terrorists. Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that the government will look at the committee report in a positive way. The committee has recommended that just providing establishment and infrastructure support is not enough. While another BJP MP BC Khanduri admitted that certain measures need to be put in place in view of the Pathankot attack.
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