Wednesday, 30 June 2021 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu
The sleeper cells of two Pakistan-based terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) have come under the scanner of the joint investigation teams probing the drone strike on strategic Air Force Station in Jammu.
So far the investigators have not come to any conclusion whether the drones were controlled from across the border or were locally manned by technically sound overground workers camping in the close vicinity of the Air Force Station.
It is no secret that terror outfits have inducted technically savvy young men and have been imparted training on how to assemble IEDs, especially car-mounted, to target the security convoys.
So, in order to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of technical evidence collected from ground zero, the investigators are possibly looking at every aspect. In the recent months, several incidents of use of drones for dropping of weapons, narcotics and currency have come to light in the border belt of Samba, Kathua, Arnia, RS Pura, Akhnoor and Rajouri.
These consignments were supposed to be collected by the OGW’s but before they could collect the same, the alert troops used to foil these smuggling bids by recovering the air dropped consignments.
Official sources claimed the call data record of different service providers is being looked into to ascertain whether any calls were made immediately after the blasts were reported or any other social media platform was used to send cryptic messages.
The local units of different intelligence agencies are also conducting random inquiries on ground zero to verify the credentials of some of the suspects before interrogating them. These agencies are also keeping a close watch on the suspicious movement of listed overground workers who may have come on the radar of the local police authorities for their involvement in the anti national activities or other unusual incidents in the past.
Meanwhile, security has been strengthened around vital installations across Kashmir in view of the threat posed by possible drone attacks.
“On Monday the general officer commanding (of Chinar Corps) chaired a meeting which I attended. The security has been strengthened around vital installations and along the Line of Control,” Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir told reporters here.
He was responding to a question about the steps taken by security forces to counter the threat posed by possible drone attacks.
