Sharad Kumar, NIA Director General

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 19

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is learnt to have readied its team that would visit Pakistan for its probe into the Pathankot airbase terror attack.New Delhi would also be sending a fresh Letters Rogatory (LRs) to the neighbouring nation for confirmation on the evidences shared with the Pakistan JIT during their recent visit to India.Indicating that a team was ready to travel to Pakistan with all possible proof against the handlers of the attack, including JeM chief Masood Azhar, NIA Director General Sharad Kumar said, “We are awaiting a clearance from Islamabad. We have handed over all documents sought by the JIT and I believe the evidence provided to Pakistan can stand scrutiny in any court of law internationally.”The LRs are being despatched notwithstanding indications from the Pakistani side that it was not yet ready to receive Indian investigators.The NIA has also put the pictures of the four dead terrorists on its official website and sought help from the general public to identify them. Sources in the NIA confirmed that the agency was flooded with emails, some of which originated from Pakistan, giving information about the attackers.The agency, during its interaction with Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team, had sought details about the residences of the terrorists whose names had been shared with the visiting team. However, there was no response from Pakistan.