Calling the Pathankot attackers the ‘enemies of humanity’, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the attack was carried out by elements who can’t see India’s progress but it was foiled by our brave security forces.
Speaking at a function in Mysuru during his two-day visit to Karnataka, Modi said that anti-India elements did not want to see the country to move ahead and they were engaged in hatching conspiracies to destabilise India but such tactics would not succeed.
Modi said that he was proud of brave Indian forces who quelled the attack on Air Force base at Pathankot.
He also expressed his condolences for three security men who laid down their lives while fighting the militants in Pathankot.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, “I congratulate our armed forces on successfully neutralising all the five terrorists.”
The Congress and PDP condemned the terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force base, and termed it as an attempt to derail bilateral talks with Pakistan.
In a major security breach, terrorists entered a frontline Indian Air Force (IAF) base near this town in northern Punjab early Saturday and engaged the security forces in a fierce gunfight. However, after around 15 hours of combing operation all the five terrorists were killed by the Indian Army commandos.