Chinese drones are Pak’s faceless terrorists in India, but now it’s NIA on prowl

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

These
drones
from
Pakistan
are
not
being
sent
just
to
drop
off
arms
and
ammunition.
In
a
lot
of
cases,
the
agencies
have
found
that
these
rogue
drones
have
dropped
off
heroin
and
opium
too.

New
Delhi,
Aug
29:
The
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
has
begun
probing
cases
of
drone
sightings
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.
There
has
been
a
sharp
rise
in
the
number
of
drone
sightings
which
have
been
making
sorties
to
drop
off
arms
and
ammunition
for
the
local
terrorists.

The
NIA
recently
carried
out
raids
in
eight
locations
in
Srinagar,
Doda,
Samba,
Jammu
and
Kathua
after
it
took
over
the
case.
In
the
case
it
was
found
that
these
drones
were
dropping
off
weapons
meant
for
the
The
Resistance
Front,
an
offshoot
of
the
Lashkar-e-Tayiba.

Drones
are
not
being
sent
just
to
drop
off
arms
and
ammunition.
There
have
been
multiple
cases
where
the
agencies
have
found
that
these
rogue
drones
from
Pakistan
have
dropped
off
heroin
and
opium
too.

Drone
shot
down:
Pakistan
continues
with
tactics
to
threaten
Amarnath
Yatra

Earlier
this
year,
the
security
agencies
had
said
in
an
assessment
that
these
rogue
drones
are
going
to
be
the
biggest
challenge
ahead.
These
drones
act
as
faceless
terrorists
and
are
used
to
facilitate
the
foot-soldiers
on
the
ground,
an
official
pointed
out
to
OneInidia.

The
new
techniques
that
are
being
adopted
by
Pakistan
and
are
being
used
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir
and
Punjab
have
been
spoken
about
in
a
paper
titled,
“Drones:
A
new
frontier
for
Police.”
This
was
published
in
the
Indian
Police
Journal
by
IPS
officer,
Pankaj
Kumar
Singh.

A
new
committee
too
had
been
formed
in
2019
by
the
Ministry
of
Home
Affairs
to
analyse
the
various
threats
including
the
ones
posed
by
drones.

Last
year,
it
may
be
recalled
that
twin
drone
blasts
were
reported
on
the
Indian
Air
Force’s
technical
airport
in
Jammu.
In
the
incident
that
took
place
on
June
27
2021,
the
police
found
that
it
was
the
Lashkar-e-Tayiba
which
was
behind
the
incident.

In
January
this
year
the
top
commanders
of
the
Lashkar-e-Tayiba
held
a
meeting
in
Pakistan
to
discuss
their
drone
strategy
in
India.
The
meeting
which
was
also
attended
by
the
Jaish-e-Mohammad
operatives
was
held
in
Taxila
in
the
Punjab
province.

During
the
meeting,
it
was
decided
to
carry
out
small
drone
driven
blasts
closer
to
the
border
by
using
the
Chinese
commercial
drones.
An
Intelligence
Bureau
official
says
that
following
the
meeting
in
Taxila,
the
ISI
had
a
meeting
at
Kotla
district
in
Pakistan
occupied
Kashmir
to
take
stock
of
the
plan
that
had
been
set
in
motion.

Army
fires
at
Pakistani
drone
in
Jammu

In
the
past
couple
of
months,
the
Intelligence
Bureau
has
raised
concerns
about
Pakistan
using
bigger
drones
to
smuggle
in
arms
and
ammunition
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.

The
Defence
Research
and
Development
Organisation
(DRDO)
on
the
other
hand
designated
Bharat
Electronics
as
the
lead
agency
for
the
production
and
development
of
an
anti-drone
system.