Pathankot attack: Masood Azhar detained, report Pak media

Pathankot attack: Masood Azhar detained, report Pak media

Islamabad : Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar was on Wednesday detained in connection the Pathankot terror attack, reported Pakistan Media.
Media reports suggest that Masood Azhar was also taken into protective custody and was being questioned.Geo English re-tweeted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as saying, “Jaish-e-Mohammad offices being traced, sealed.””Pakistan to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot airbase,” tweeted Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office earlier.The Pakistan Government on Wednesday said it had arrested several members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, which is suspected of being behind the Pathankot Air Base attack earlier this month.The Pakistan PMO in a statement said the government had made “considerable progress” in investigating the attack, and it wanted to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot Air Base.”Based on the initial investigations in Pakistan, and the information provided, several individuals belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad have been apprehended,” the office of Prime Minister Sharif said.

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