The Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Thursday questioned why the Indian Air Force and the Border Security Force failed to detect recent incidents of drones carrying weapons from Pakistan. In a detailed report submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the IB also raised questions over the capabilities of both the forces over detection of the drones.
“Why were they (IAF and BSF) not able to detect the presence of any drone activity along their area of operation?,” it asked.
A Pakistan-origin drone was spotted over Ferozepur district in Punjab late on Wednesday evening, two days after another drone was seen in the same district. The first sighting was reported in Hazarasingh Wala village and later in Tendiwala village.
The IB report claimed that Pakistani state actors were behind these incidents and added that the possibility of some undetected sorties had not been ruled out.
Quoting the report, the IANS said on an average 10 kg of explosives, arms or means of communication were smuggled in by the Pakistani drones. The consignments that were smuggled into India were meant for terrorists hiding in Jammu and Kashmir, it further said.
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