New Delhi:
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is probably going concerned within the drone assault on the Air Pressure base in Jammu on Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief has mentioned.
The identical group may additionally be behind the drones noticed close to a navy facility on Monday, J&Okay police chief Dilbagh Singh instructed NDTV.
“Preliminary probe reveals that Lashkar is perhaps behind the assault on the Jammu air base,” Mr Singh mentioned.
“The exercise at Kaluchak additionally appears to be from similar group,” he mentioned, referring to the 2 drones that had been noticed close to the Kaluchak navy station, which “flew away” after the troops fired at them.
In line with him, indications of a LeT hyperlink have come from the person arrested on Sunday with an explosive machine weighing 4 kg.
Nadeem Ul Haq, a 22-year-old suspect from Banihal, was arrested hours after the 2 blasts early Sunday on the Air Pressure Station in Jammu – the first-ever use of drones in an assault on an Indian navy facility.
“His interrogation leads us to imagine the Lashkar hyperlink to the case. 4 kg IED (Improvised Explosive Machine) was recovered which he was speculated to plant in a civilian space,” Mr Singh mentioned.
Investigating businesses and the police had mentioned earlier that Pakistan-based terrorists had been behind the assault on the Air Pressure Base situated round 14 km from the Worldwide Border.
Yesterday, the military mentioned a serious risk was averted after troops fired at drones close to the Kaluchak navy station. The primary was sighted at 11.30 pm and the second, round 1.30 am.
“On midnight of 27-28 June 2021, two separate drone actions had been noticed over Ratnuchak-Kaluchak Navy space by alert troops. Instantly, excessive alert was sounded and Fast Response Groups engaged them with firing. Each the Drones flew away,” mentioned the military assertion.
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