India will ask for access from Pakistan to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Masood Azhar. National Investigation Agency (NIA) Chief Sharad Kumar told a private TV channel that another formal request would be sent after the five-member Pakistani probe team returns after their investigations into the Pathankot terror attack. Masood Azhar is blamed for the attack on the Pathankot air base in January this year.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, a five-member Pakistani Pakistani Joint Investigation Team today visited the strategic Air Force base in Pathankot. <br/><br/>Top NIA officials briefed the team about the terror attack. The team that arrived in Amritsar in the morning from Delhi in a special plane, was taken to Pathankot by road and they spent about four hours there before leaving for Amritsar.<br/> <br/>It is for the first time that a Pakistani team has visited India to probe a terror case and has been given access to a strategic installation. <br/>Congress and Aam Aadmi Party have accused the government of giving unfettered access to a Pakistani probe team which dilutes India's stand that terrorism is sponsored from across the border.<br/> <br/>Seven security personnel were martyred in the attack. All terrorists involved in the attack were also killed in the gun-battle.
News On AIR | March 29, 2016 7:55 PM
India to seek access to JeM terrorist Masood Azhar: NIA chief