The operatives of the Musa company of the SSG, which is tasked for carrying out such 'hit' operations, would have probably carried out the attack, Army sources said today.
In his fresh statement in Parliament today on the Tuesday attack, Defence Minister A K Antony said that as per the information available with the Army "specialist troops" of the Pakistan Army were involved in the attack.
In the January attack in which one Indian army jawan was beheaded by the Pakistan Army teams, SSG troops had taken part in the operations along with LeT terrorists.
The SSG leads the Border Action Teams of Pakistan Army which also includes terrorist elements.
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