Pathankot attack exposes condition of security set up: Tarun Gogoi

“In the wake of the Pathankot attack, the Modi-led Government has to overhaul the internal security to foil the sinister designs of forces inimical to the country’s territorial integrity. It calls for serious introspection and is an eye-opener for Modi-led Government,”Gogoi said.

The NSG on Monday said the operation at the Pathankot Airbase attack in Punjab, which has been attacked by militants since Saturday, is currently going on.

The NSG official confirmed that five terrorists have been killed so far.

"The operations are still going on. We have eliminated the fifth terrorist," an NSG Official told media.

Earlier media reports claimed that all the six militants have been killed.

Heavy firing was heard since Monday morning from inside the air base, where a gunbattle has been on since two teams of terrorists attacked it on Saturday morning. 

Seven security personnel have been martyred.

The terrorists are believed to have crossed over into India on the intervening night of December 30-31. They entered the air force base sometime between January 1 and 2.

On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with the National Security Adviser, foreign secretary and other officials to discuss the situation in Pathankot.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj met a group of diplomats to chalk out a strategy on Pakistan. Coming a week after PM Modi's "spontaneous" visit to Pakistan, the attack has triggered a debate over ties with the neighbouring country.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)