Delhi: Even as Pakistan on Wednesday arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother and ‘several individuals’ belonging to his dreaded outfit, which is suspected to have engineered the Pathankot terror attack, India said that they had no official confirmation of the same.
“We have no official confirmation on arrest of Maulana Masood Azhar,” MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, as per ANI.
While the arrest of several individuals was announced in a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office, there was no official word on Azhar’s detention, as per PTI.
Officials said Azhar, and two others who were released from an Indian prison in 1999 in exchange for release of 155 passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane, has been taken into protective custody after raids on several JeM offices.
Pakistan has also said it’s considering sending a special investigation team to Pathankot as more information would be required to carry forward the process of cooperation with India.
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