PAK DRONE WAS SENT FOR RECCE: BSF

IG Jamwal says the made-in-China drone has been sent for forensic investigation, no camera found

JAMMU: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday said the Pakistani drone that was shot down by its jawans along the International Border in Arnia sector of Jammu district might have been deployed for multiple purposes including reconnaissance of the Indian forces on the strategic border.

On Sunday, the BSF had shot down a Pakistani drone that was hovering near its Bholichak outpost in Arnia sector.

BSF Jammu frontier IGP NS Jamwal said, “The drone had come for some specific purpose like reconnaissance of our deployment or to relay message (to contacts). There could be many possibilities.”

Jamwal said, “There was no camera in the drone. However, sometimes they hide a miniature thing which can be found out through forensic search. We have sent the drone for a detailed investigation. Many agencies are looking into the matter.”

Another official, requesting anonymity said, “Pakistan uses drones for multiple purposes including to check the level of our alertness, to drop payloads of arms and ammunition like they did in Punjab last year and to find safe gaps so as to try and push terrorists for staging attacks.”

The black-coloured drone that was shot down was made in

ON SUNDAY, THE BSF HAD SHOT DOWN A PAKISTANI DRONE THAT WAS HOVERING NEAR BHOLICHAK OUTPOST IN ARNIA SECTOR

China.

In September last year, multiple heavy-lift drones from Pakistan dropped arms and ammunition into the neighbouring Punjab over a period of eight

days.Heavy-lift drones were used by Pakistan to drop AK-47 rifles, counterfeit currency and narcotics in 10 sorties spanned over eight days at Tarn Taran in Punjab.

The arms and ammunition, dropped by drones that came from across the border, reportedly was for terrorists to carry out 26/11-like attacks in Punjab and its neighbouring states.

The payloads were sent by Pakistan-based Khalistani terror groups between September 9 and 16.