New Delhi/ TIA NEWS:
Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif today called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he reportedly promised “prompt and decisive action” against the terrorists behind the Pathankot attack.
PM Modi received a call this afternoon from the Prime Minister of Pakistan regarding the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase, the PMO said.
During the telephonic conversation, Modi “strongly emphasised the need for Pakistan to take firm and immediate action against the organisations and individuals responsible for and linked to the Pathankot terrorist attack,” the PMO said in a statement.
The statement said “specific and actionable information in this regard has been provided to Pakistan”.
Sharif “assured Prime Minister Modi that his government would take prompt and decisive action against the terrorists,” the PMO said.
Meanwhile, India is expected to send to Pakistan Letter Rogatory (LR) along with DNA samples of slain terrorists who attacked Pathankot air base, their phone call details, numbers of handlers based in that country and other information to help nab the mastermind of the crime.
The DNA test of the six killed terrorists will be conducted as early as possible while the details of the phone calls made by the terrorists to their Pakistan-based handler are being prepared to be sent to Pakistan.
All these will be sent through an LR so that the Pakistani authorities could take forward the case in that country, official sources said today.
LR is a formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance. The most common remedies sought by letters rogatory are service of process and taking of evidence.
Security agencies believe that through the call details, Pakistani authorities could reach the mother of one of the terrorists who had telephoned her saying he was on a suicide mission.
The DNA samples would also help to establish that one of the terrorists was her son.