New Delhi: Acting on the demand of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Interpol today issued a Red Corner Notice against Pathankot terror attack mastermind and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf.
The NIA had sought the Red Corner Notice against Azhar, Rauf, handlers Kashif Jan and Shahid Latif. An Interpol red corner notice is already pending against Rauf in connection with the IC-814 hijacking case of 1999.
The IAF base was attacked by terrorists of banned JeM during the intervening night of January 1 and 2 this year in which seven Indian security personnel were killed.
The four terrorists who were killed in the attack have been identified as Nasir Hussain (Punjab province), Abu Bakar, (Gujranwala), Umar Farooq and Abdul Qayum (both from Sindh).
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Meanwhile, the NIA has sent its first ‘formal request’ to Pakistan through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for a visit to Islamabad to carry forward its investigation into the terror case.
The NIA wants to record statements of Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf, handlers Shahid Latif and Kashif Jaan.
A joint investigation team (JIT) from Pakistan, including an ISI officer, had visited India from March 27-31 to conduct its own probe into the attack. They held meetings with NIA officers in New Delhi and were also allowed access to the Pathankot airbase.
