A huge rise from 2021, the Boundary Security Force (BSF) has seen 186 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) this year in Punjab, 20 in Jammu and Rajasthan, and 4 in Gujarat along the international border with Pakistan.
In Punjab, it is expected that 47 UAVs were discovered in 2020, 64 in 2021, and 186 up until October 15 of current year, based on BSF data.
In Jammu, the figures were 19, 31, and 20, respectively, in 2020 and 2021.
In Gujarat, one was recorded in 2020, two the following year, and four so far in 2022, according to BSF statistics. In Rajasthan, 10 UAVs were sighted in 2020, seven in 2021, and twenty this year.
Two drones were reportedly observed along the Line of Control in Jammu in 2020 and 2021, while three were reportedly detected in Kashmir in 2021 and two up till October 15 of this year, according to the Border Security Force.
According to a BSF official, almost all murders of civilians in Jammu and Kashmir are carried out with handguns that have been smuggled in by drones from the other side of the border.
The Delhi Police discovered that Priyavrat, alias Fauzi, the claimed primary shooter, had received a shipment of weapons that were purportedly transported from Pakistan by drone during the course of their investigation into the murder of musician Sidhu Moosewala. Eight grenades, an under-barrel grenade launcher, nine electronic detonators, and an AK-47 were allegedly put in the shipment, supposedly as a backup plan in case they were discovered. failed to kill Moosewala.
Data indicates that during the past 11 months, the BSF has shot down 11 quadrocopter drones along the Pakistani border. Drones are being used to smuggle heroin, grenades, codex wires, magazines, and ammo, according to BSF investigators. We have detected a pattern, the official said, in that they typically dispatch their drones—which are typically utilised by event management firms—when security personnel change shifts.
As revealed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah last year, India would soon have its own technology to battle drones.
In a written response to the Lok Sabha, MoS (Home) Nityanand Rai said that the BSF's expanded territorial authority had helped it successfully combat drug trafficking and other forms of contraband. With the advent of technology like Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Equipment (Drones), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, etc., the BSF's geographical authority has been expanded to include Punjab and a number of other States and UTs in an effort to improve the effectiveness of its border patrol work. Anti-national forces typically utilise the guns for surveillance, as well as for smuggling firearms, drugs, and imitation Indian currency notes.
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