Congress on Monday slammed the government for hosting Pakistan’s probe team on Pathankot terror attack, saying it was “like asking murderer to come and investigate as to who murdered the child.”

“They (government) are rolling out a red-carpet — it is like asking murderer to come and investigate as to who murdered the child,” party spokesman R P N Singh told reporters here when asked whether the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of Pakistan should not have been allowed to come here.

The former Minister of State for Home Affairs said “more shocking” is that no ‘Letter Rogatory’ has been signed between the two countries prior to the visit.

“That means all the evidence given to Pakistan will have no value once they go back to Pakistan because there is no Letter Rogatory signed,” Singh said, questioning “what is the great reason to get the Pakistan team here?”

Contending that there has been no coordination in the Narendra Modi dispensation on such a sensitive issue, Singh said it is “extremely shocking” as to what is happening as far as internal security is concerned in this country.

“It is shocking that the Home Minister of this country goes on Television and says that he has no idea when the JIT is going to come. It is being investigated by the NIA — the NIA reports to the Home Ministry of this country,” he said.

He then referred to comments by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that the JIT will not be allowed to visit the Air Base and said, “These are the things which are clarified before.”

Referring to the 26/11 terror strikes in Mumbai, Singh said, “We have seen what happened when those dastardly murderous attacks place in Mumbai. We have given them a water-tight case of the involvement — they have not done anything about it till today.”

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