Lok Sabha Question No. 635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Terrorist Attack at Air Force Station Pathankot
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, SUSHMITA DEV, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, P. KARUNAKARAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, SULTAN  AHMED, SURESH KODIKUNNIL, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., NAGARAJAN P., BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN, B.V. NAYAK, C.S. PUTTARAJU, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.635

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## TERRORIST  ATTACK  AT  AIR  FORCE  STATION  PATHANKOT

## 635. SHRI  GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR:

KUMARI  SUSHMITA  DEV:

DR. SUNIL  BALIRAM  GAIKWAD:

SHRI  ASHOK  SHANKARRAO  CHAVAN:

SHRI  P. KARUNAKARAN:

SHRI  SUDHEER  GUPTA:

SHRI  SULTAN  AHMED:

SHRI  KODIKUNNIL  SURESH:

SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M. SCINDIA:

SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO:

KUNWAR  HARIBANSH  SINGH:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

SHRI  S.R.  VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI  P. NAGARJAN:

SHRI  B. SENGUTTUVAN:

SHRI  B.V. NAIK:

SHRI  C.S. PUTTA  RAJU:

SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH:

SHRI  S.P. MUDDAHANUME  GOWDA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a group of terrorists attacked the Air Force Station Pathankot recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of defence personnel killed / injured in the said attack along with the compensation paid to the killed / injured personnel;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has deployed the National Security Guards to deal with the said attack and kept the Army at bay, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

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- (e) the corrective steps taken / proposed to be taken by the Government to prevent recurrence such incidents in the country?

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MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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(a) & (b): A  group  of  terrorist  attacked  the  Air  Force  base,  Pathankot, Punjab  in  the  intervening  night  of  1.1.2016  and  2.1.2016.    The  terrorists were successfully prevented from damaging the strategic assets of Indian Air Force (IAF) and were neutralised by the Indian security forces.  In the said  terror  attack,  7  defence  personnel  lost  their  lives  and  25  defence personnel  were  injured.    Compensation  for  loss  of  lives  is  paid  as  per extant Government orders / instructions.

- (c) The  Central  Government  has  directed  the  National  Investigation Agency  (NIA)  to  take  up  the  investigation  of  the  cases  relating  to  the terrorist attack on the Air Force base at Pathankot.  The investigation is not yet complete.
- (d) A joint operation by the Army, Air Force and National Security Guard (NSG) was conducted to neutralize the said terrorist attack.
- (e) The Government has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship  of  a  former  Vice  Chief  of  Army  Staff  to  inter-alia  suggest measures to strengthen security of various military establishments across the country.

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