LAHORE : Three suspects, including a student of a private university, were picked up by law-enforcement agencies in connection with attack on Pathankot Air Force Station attack in India.
Prominent daily Dawn, quoting intelligence agencies and news channels, reported that a student of the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Usman Sarwar of Arifwala, and Saad Mughal of
Sahiwal and Kashif of Karachi were arrested yesterday in connection with the Pathankot incident. Indian authorities had shared five mobile phone numbers with Pakistan in connection with the investigation into the attack, the newspaper report said.
Acting on the leads, the authorities took the three students into custody because the numbers provided by India had been issued in their names, the report stated. Earlier, the authorities had said that the cellphone numbers provided by India were not registered under the biometric system.
Quoting LUMS Security Director Col Aamir, the report said the university was closed for vacations and no-one had been arrested from there. Counter-terrorism department officials and cantonment division police also denied any arrest in connection with the Pathankot attack. (AGENCIES)
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