Army carries out Operation Dhangu to flush out militants in Pathankot
Q. Army carried out which operation to flush out six fedayeen at Pathankot airbase?- Published on 08 Jan 16a. Operation Vijay
b. Operation Bhaag
c. Operation Jaag
d. Operation Dhangu
ANSWER: Operation Dhangu
NSG were in action against the six fidayeen at the Pathankot airbase and three service chiefs had taken the call jointly so that the elite combat force could deal with any hostage crisis in the airbase which had around 3,000 family members of IAF personnel and 23 trainees from four foreign countries at the time of the attack, during Operation Dhangu. Commander of the Army's Western Command Lt Gen K J Singh said the NSG was deployed as it is a force specially trained to deal with a hostage crisis. Apart from family members, 23 trainees from Afghanistan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Myanmar were at the airbase when fidayeen struck.
