Gurdaspur is under heavy surveillance since the fatal terror attack on the Air Force base took place on January 2.A man suspected to be a terrorist was taken into custody yesterday by security forces near the Pathankot Air Force base.The man was surrounded from all sides by security forces after he was seen walking around with a bag in the area. However, it was later revealed that the man was not a terrorist at all.Locals in a village near Tibri cantonment of Gurdaspur district yesterday reported sighting of two men in army uniform moving in suspicious manner, following which Army and police began the search operation.Gurdaspur was targeted by Pakistani terrorists in July last year when a police station here was attacked while Pathankot was witness to a terror strike on Air base on last Saturday. Significantly, a day before the Pathankot attack, there were reports of sighting of 4-5 terrorists after a Superintendent of Police was allegedly abducted.”The two border districts of Gurdaspur and Pahankot are on high alert,” said Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor today.Not ruling out the possibility of terrorists hiding, he said, “We are not taking any chance” and complete sanitisation will be carried out.”Suspicion of possible terrorists is there…. We have cordoned off the entire area and combing operations are going on to sanitise it completly,” the SSP said, while informing that no suspicious movement was noticed adjacent to Tibri cantonment today.Security agencies were on their toes and a combing operation was being undertaken around Tibri military cantonment area here. “All vehicles and people, in and around the area, are being physically checked,” Toor said, adding the situation was under control.
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