Panel to look into Indo-Pak border gaps

The setting up of the panel comes as terrorists sneaking into India through unfenced or unguarded patches on the border and carrying out attacks on Pathankot air base and Dinanagar in the past one year. reuters file photo

The government on Tuesday set up a committee under former home secretary Madhukar Gupta to address “gaps and vulnerability” on border fencing on Indo-Pak border.

The setting up of the panel comes as terrorists sneaking into India through unfenced or unguarded patches on the border and carrying out attacks on Pathankot air base and Dinanagar in the past one year.

“The mandate of the committee will be to study all types of gaps in fencing and all other vulnerabilities in the International Border on Indo-Pakistan border and to suggest comprehensive approach to fix these gaps in fencing and other vulnerabilities on interim and permanent basis,” an official statement said.