Suspicious bag with 3 Army uniforms found in Pathankot; search on

2016 Pathankot attack/ File image

Chandigarh: Days after four to six suspicious people were spotted in Punjab’s pathankot; the police seized a suspicious bag that contained three army uniforms. The same was followed by a massive search operation. Punjab Police, army and other security agencies launched the search early on Monday, especially near the Indian Air Force base as well as the army's Mamoon Cantonment in Pathankot, after the bag was found abandoned late Sunday night on Defence Road in the Punjab city. A Jammu flour mill's name was printed on the bag, police officials said. Security agencies remained on alert in border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot following terrorist attack on the IAF base at Pathankot in January 2016 and the terror attack in Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district in July 2015. Both districts lie along India's international border with Pakistan and are also close to Jammu and Kashmir. (With agency inputs)