The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to name Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar in its chargesheet on the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase.
The chargesheet may also name his brother Abdul Rauf and two handlers, Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif, who were involved in guiding the four terrorists who targeted the airbase in January.
Sources said India would try to corner Pakistan by all possible means, and the latest move comes soon after China extended its veto on New Delhi's efforts to get UN to declare a sanction on Azhar.
The investigators are now looking at the legal options for naming the four terrorists in absentia.
Once the chargesheet is filed, officials said, it would add one more push to India's efforts to corner both Pakistan and the Jaish chief.
India has in its possession evidence, including a telephonic conversation between the terrorists and Jaish handlers and a video of Rauf in which he is seen claiming responsibility for the attack. This video was later removed from the Internet.
Though India provided Pakistani investigators access to Pathankot, Islamabad has so far stonewalled all efforts by India to send its sleuths there for taking the probe forward.
US factor
New Delhi is also using information it received from the United States to confront Pakistan in the Pathankot case.
After the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Azhar asked Pakistan to intensify its efforts in helping terrorists hit India.
In May, the Interpol had issued a fresh red corner notice against Azhar and Rauf in connection with the Pathankot incident.
Azhar already has a notice against him on the attacks on Parliament and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, while Rauf has one for the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case.![]( "The chargesheet may also name his brother Abdul Rauf and two handlers, Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif, who were involved in guiding the four terrorists who targeted the airbase in January. pti file photo")
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to name Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar in its chargesheet on the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase.
The chargesheet may also name his brother Abdul Rauf and two handlers, Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif, who were involved in guiding the four terrorists who targeted the airbase in January.
Sources said India would try to corner Pakistan by all possible means, and the latest move comes soon after China extended its veto on New Delhi’s efforts to get UN to declare a sanction on Azhar.
The investigators are now looking at the legal options for naming the four terrorists in absentia.
Once the chargesheet is filed, officials said, it would add one more push to India’s efforts to corner both Pakistan and the Jaish chief.
India has in its possession evidence, including a telephonic conversation between the terrorists and Jaish handlers and a video of Rauf in which he is seen claiming responsibility for the attack. This video was later removed from the Internet.
Though India provided Pakistani investigators access to Pathankot, Islamabad has so far stonewalled all efforts by India to send its sleuths there for taking the probe forward.
US factor
New Delhi is also using information it received from the United States to confront Pakistan in the Pathankot case.
After the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Azhar asked Pakistan to intensify its efforts in helping terrorists hit India.
In May, the Interpol had issued a fresh red corner notice against Azhar and Rauf in connection with the Pathankot incident.
Azhar already has a notice against him on the attacks on Parliament and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, while Rauf has one for the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case.
The chargesheet may also name his brother Abdul Rauf and two handlers, Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif, who were involved in guiding the four terrorists who targeted the airbase in January.
Sources said India would try to corner Pakistan by all possible means, and the latest move comes soon after China extended its veto on New Delhi's efforts to get UN to declare a sanction on Azhar.
The investigators are now looking at the legal options for naming the four terrorists in absentia.
Once the chargesheet is filed, officials said, it would add one more push to India's efforts to corner both Pakistan and the Jaish chief.
India has in its possession evidence, including a telephonic conversation between the terrorists and Jaish handlers and a video of Rauf in which he is seen claiming responsibility for the attack. This video was later removed from the Internet.
Though India provided Pakistani investigators access to Pathankot, Islamabad has so far stonewalled all efforts by India to send its sleuths there for taking the probe forward.
US factor
New Delhi is also using information it received from the United States to confront Pakistan in the Pathankot case.
After the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Azhar asked Pakistan to intensify its efforts in helping terrorists hit India.
In May, the Interpol had issued a fresh red corner notice against Azhar and Rauf in connection with the Pathankot incident.
Azhar already has a notice against him on the attacks on Parliament and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, while Rauf has one for the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to name Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar in its chargesheet on the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase.The chargesheet may also name his brother Abdul Rauf and two handlers, Kashif Jaan and Shahid Latif, who were involved in guiding the four terrorists who targeted the airbase in January.
Sources said India would try to corner Pakistan by all possible means, and the latest move comes soon after China extended its veto on New Delhi’s efforts to get UN to declare a sanction on Azhar.
The investigators are now looking at the legal options for naming the four terrorists in absentia.
Once the chargesheet is filed, officials said, it would add one more push to India’s efforts to corner both Pakistan and the Jaish chief.
India has in its possession evidence, including a telephonic conversation between the terrorists and Jaish handlers and a video of Rauf in which he is seen claiming responsibility for the attack. This video was later removed from the Internet.
Though India provided Pakistani investigators access to Pathankot, Islamabad has so far stonewalled all efforts by India to send its sleuths there for taking the probe forward.
US factor
New Delhi is also using information it received from the United States to confront Pakistan in the Pathankot case.
After the recent surgical strikes by the Indian Army across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Azhar asked Pakistan to intensify its efforts in helping terrorists hit India.
In May, the Interpol had issued a fresh red corner notice against Azhar and Rauf in connection with the Pathankot incident.
Azhar already has a notice against him on the attacks on Parliament and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, while Rauf has one for the 1999 IC-814 hijacking case.