Gurdaspur SP reaches NIA office for interrogation

Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh reached the National Investigation Agency (NIA) office for the second consecutive day today for questioning in connection with the Pathankot terror attack.

The NIA had yesterday questioned the top cop at its headquarters in New Delhi.

Singh had been summoned by the NIA on Friday to appear before it for detailed interrogation.

The Home Ministry in a statement yesterday said that Salwinder's jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and cook Madan Gopal have also been questioned and would be called again for questioning, if needed.

"The NIA teams have continued to question SP Salwinder Singh's friend Rajesh Verma as well as his cook Madan Gopal in Punjab. Madan Gopal will be called for questioning at the NIA headquarters in Delhi and the date of his questioning will be intimated in due course," it added.

A Black Corner notice has been issued to the Interpol for the identification of the bodies of the four slain terrorists, said the statement.

Seven security personnel were killed in the attack at the IAF base in Pathankot, located 250 km from Chandigarh, by terrorists suspected from Pakistan.