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NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted raids at six different places in Punjab associated with SP Salwinder Singh and his two companions in the car that was waylaid by Pathankot attackers on the night of December 31. While four of the raided premises, which include the residences of Singh and his friend Rajesh Verma, are in Gurdaspur, two are located in Amritsar.“We have made the necessary seizures/recoveries and these are being scrutinised,” said a senior NIA officer. The officer said the raids, which come even as the questioning of Salwinder as well as his polygraphy test and psycho-analysis are over, were a routine investigative exercise to check for any possibility or if anything was available with those who came in contact with the terrorists, to establish a link to Pathankot attack.NIA had questioned the Punjab Police SP over five days and reportedly found inconsistencies in his initial statement to the Punjab Police and the subsequent versions. Also, there were inconsistencies between his statement and the account given by his friend, cook and caretaker of the shrine visited by Singh on December 31.The questioning was followed by a lie-detector or polygraph test. He was also examined by psychoanalysts and behavioural experts. “Salwinder has been put through all the necessary tests. The polygraph test report is awaited; it may take some time,” said an NIA officer.When asked if Singh has been asked to stay put in Delhi for further investigation, the officer only said the Punjab Police SP “was never in our custody”. “He has been cooperating with the investigation,” he said adding that there was no plan to arrest him “as of now”.NIA maintains that Salwinder Singh is a suspect “unless cleared”. However, with the agency yet to share details of the recoveries made in Thursday’s raids or results of the scientific tests carried out on him, it remains a mystery whether he will be made a witness in the Pathankot case or named as an accused.The NIA is also awaiting the report of the forensic tests carried out on the charred remains of two suspected fidayeen. “We expect the mystery on the number of terrorists involved in the attack to clear up next week after the CFSL report is in,” said an officer.The investigators are also probing the possibility of Pathankot terrorists having been facilitated by “insider” elements. The 45 explosions heard even after the last of the fidayeen was killed, indicates the large quantity of grenades/IEDs carried by the terrorists. The agencies suspect that it was not possible for terrorists to lug such heavy arms, ammunition, explosives and other items like food articles all by themselves. The possiblity of these arms and ammunition having been dumped in Pathankot before the fidayeen crossed over from Punjab, is being looked at.