For the love of GOD all sides should keep calm and understand first whats going on..
There are two sets of news events.. One which are reported and another which are not.
The first set not reported.
- NSA met (most probably not in Paris but in Dubai)
- The discussion centered around exchange of information
- NSA Janjua has discussed about special Investigation team made up of IB and counter terror folks
- SIT of GOP will probe into the attack and collect evidences to be used by the prosecution against the JeM folks arrested in Pakistan for plotting the Pathankot attack
- But here comes the twist. NSA Janjua also requested SIT access to the following
- to visit the scene of the attack
- to question the Punjab police
- to have a meeting and discussion with the army and National Security Guard officials, who led the operations
- to have a meeting and discussion with eye-witnesses, including families of the IAF personnel living in the base.
- to question Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh, his cook Madan Gopal and friend Rajesh Verma kidnapped by Terrorists
- DNA samples and reviewing of all evidences collecteed so far
- NSA Doval said will discuss with GOI and reply for the request
In the meeting where this was briefed, DM MP was one of the most vocal opposition to this SIT bcz as you can see its not SIT but rather a JIT. The two points like discussion with army, NSG, families of IAF people etc goes far beyond the scope of investigation. If the cross questioning starts for NSG, it should be done by appropriate authorities as per Ops review and for army as per Army Enquiry committees. The SIT cannot have mandate over such bodies like Army and NSG. The discussion can also happen but for that DM MP is enough with senior ppl but request is for officials who led the ops
Thus the whole dilemma and no decision as of now made on the SIT request
The second part which is reported is purely DM MP expressing his frustrations and not ready to say yes to NSA Janjua's request. There is nothing wrong with his opinion. But then again he jumped the gun in his opposition. It was a cabinet level discussion and no comment should have been leaked in public soundbytes to media.
i got this from a source.
About Ops hours the actual ops is 28 hours only.. rest all is combing... again from source..
@Abingdonboy @Levina
This is the best i could get.. i cant blame any side.. One side wants a clear cut case for trying to be sure that courts in Pakistan can prosecute JeM and notions of certain countries primarily USA and POTUS changes. Buzz is PM NS is extremely upset with POTUS naming Pakistan in his address.. He is bound to be upset as he is trying hard to change an image which has been hit hard for very long.
Other side India and DM MP's concerns are also genuine. Investigations to ops ppl from Army/NSG is not recommended. IF needed a court of Enquiry can be requested and let these bodies handle it themselves. Its a direct infringement on their turfs and will set a bad precedent undermining the institutions. Access to Pathankot is not a concern as the case of a fwd base in future wars is now diminishing with India's fleet which is with longer legs.So DM MP is not opposed to that idea as of now.
Tough time ahead but some compromise is expected. NSA's will meet again soon and may iron out the modalities with some give and take..
@MilSpec @WAJsal @Vauban @AUSTERLITZ @nair @Icarus @others.. pls find the update for information