Recoveries from the six suicide attackers killed in Nagrota encounter include a note written in Urdu saying that the attack was to avenge the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack accused Afzal Guru,in what points to the possible involvement of Jaish-e-Mohammad’s ‘Afzal Guru Squad’, reported media from India.

The squad is suspected to have carried out the Pathankot terror attack as well, having left a similar note behind in the car used to access the airbase. “The note prima facie points to the involvement of Jaish, subject to further investigation,” said a senior intelligence functionary. As per reports, the six attackers who targeted the Nagrota Army camp crossed over from Pakistan the night before the attack. Nagrota is barely 40 km from the international border, which is manned by the BSF. The terrorists cut the barbed perimeter wire to enter the camp undetected. A senior intelligence officer said just as in the Uri attack, the terrorists crossed the border hours prior to the attack to minimise chances of detection/interception.