A forensic evaluation of the drone discovered that it flew in Fengxian district in Shanghai.
New Delhi:
A drone that was shot down by the Border Security Force alongside the India-Pakistan worldwide border in Punjab final 12 months had ‘footprints’ and was flown in China and Pakistan, a BSF spokesperson mentioned on Wednesday quoting a forensic evaluation report.
The quadcopter was downed on December 25, 2022 close to the Rajatal border submit in Punjab’s Amritsar district.
A forensic evaluation of the drone discovered that it flew in Fengxian district in Shanghai, China on 11.06.2022 and later it was flown from 24.09.2022 to 25.12.2022 for 28 instances “inside” Khanewal district of Punjab in Pakistan, the spokesperson mentioned.
An FIR on the criminal activity of the drone and its taking pictures on the Indian facet was filed by the Border Security Force (BSF) with the Amritsar district police final 12 months, he mentioned. The BSF, that’s tasked to protect the India-Pakistan border, has arrange a forensic evaluation laboratory for drones at a camp within the nationwide capital.
A complete of twenty-two drones or unmanned aerial autos (UAVs) coming throughout from Pakistan have been shot down by the BSF final 12 months. All these downings happened alongside the International Border (IB) in Punjab.
According to official knowledge, the drone sightings alongside the two,289 km lengthy India-Pakistan IB operating alongside Jammu, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat have elevated from 77 sightings in 2020 to 104 in 2021 and greater than 311 sightings throughout final 12 months. Almost 75 per cent of those sightings have been made in Punjab the place drones have been majorly utilized by the opposite facet to push in and drop medication and arms.
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