Jodhpur : Pakistani troops have been using every opportunity to spy on the Indian side using UAVs or cameras along the border, a BSF officer said on Saturday.
BSF DIG (Rajasthan Frontier) Ravi Gandhi said that Pakistan was making the best use of technology to keep an eye on the Indian side but had stopped the practice after objection was raised. However, there were still some concerns in other areas.
Reportedly BSF troops had spotted a moving light as high as 150–400 metres close to the border in Pakistani territory in April, reports PTI.
“We do not know what exactly it was. But assuming them to be some drone or a UAV kind of thing, we took up the matter with Pakistani Rangers through a protest note after which the practice was dropped,” Gandhi said.
“But then they started installing cameras close to the border at a number of places in Barmer, Jaislamer, Bikaner and Ganganagar,” Gandhi said, adding that all the cameras were removed from the border of Rajasthan Frontier after “we objected this move but some are still there on the border in other frontiers”. “We took a serious objection on these overtures of Pakistan after which the Rangers removed these cameras,” claimed Gandhi. “These might be attempt of Pakistani Rangers to explore the possibilities of getting their moles, may be some smugglers with drug or arms slip into the Indian territory in the thick on night,” said a police official citing their links in the villages along the border in Indian territory.
