NEW DELHI: Pakistan had agreed ahead of its Joint Investigation Team’s visit to India that it would not get access to any of the defence personnel involved in the counteroffensive against the perpetrators of the Pathankot Air Force Station attack.
“It was agreed much in advance of Pakistan’s JIT’s visit that they would not get access to any defence personnel involved in Pathankot operation,” a Home Ministry official said.
According to the Terms of Reference for the recent visit of JIT, it was to interview key witnesses and victims of Pathankot terror attack but there was no mention of access to military or any other security personnel.
Pakistan had yesterday said India did not produce witnesses belonging to the security forces before the JIT. “The JIT visited the crime scene and also recorded the statements of some witnesses. However, the witnesses belonging to the Indian security forces were not produced before it,” said the Pakistan Foreign Office, in its first statement on theteam’s return from India. (AGENCIES)
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