High alert in Pathankot after two suspicious bags, mobile tower batteries found near military base

Pathankot: A high alert has been sounded in Punjab's Pathankot district after two suspicious bags were spotted near military base, said reports on Thursday.

According to ANI, two unidentified bags were recovered near Mamun Army Cantonment in Pathankot.

Punjab: Unidentified bag recovered near Mamun army cantonment in Pathankot, police found 2 mobile tower batteries from the bag after search pic.twitter.com/tVjXD0elem — ANI (@ANI_news) May 4, 2017

Besides, two mobile tower batteries were also recovered from the bags after search by Punjab Police officials.

The recovery comes a day after Pathankot and Gurdaspur were placed under high alert following suspicious activity. The police are yet to ascertain who could have dropped off the bag near the Army cantonment. 

Further investigations by the Punjab Police are on. 

Both Pathankot and Gurdaspur which have been attacked by terrorists recently were placed on high alert after three 'suspicious' persons went missing after abandoning a robbed SUV. 

A massive search operation was launched by the police of both the districts to hunt them down. Though nobody has been arrested yet, the police claimed the suspects belonged to Jammu and Kashmir. 

The SUV was robbed by the suspects from Sambha in Jammu yesterday, police said.