NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has intensified its efforts to push terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by leveraging drone technology. These drones are being deployed for precise surveillance and real-time situational assessment ahead of infiltration attempts by terror operatives, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has alerted the government in a recent report.
According to sources, the IB has submitted its findings regarding terrorist movements along the LoC to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The report highlights the ISI’s strategy of tracking the movement and deployment of Indian security forces, identifying vulnerabilities in border patrol routes, and analyzing terrain conditions in real-time. These efforts are aimed at assisting terrorists in infiltrating the Indian side of the LoC while minimizing the risk of detection or neutralization, the sources said.
A source, quoting the IB report, said, “On May 14, credible input revealed that Pakistan’s ISI held a meeting with various Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) training camp commanders and guides in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The discussion focused on increasing recruitment into the LeT fold and emphasized the importance of drone surveillance along the LoC to monitor conditions prior to infiltration attempts.”
The report also highlighted credible inputs regarding discussions in the same meeting about relocating training camps and launching pads within PoK, as well as constructing underground bunkers in preparation for potential armed conflict with India.
It is noteworthy that during “Operation Sindoor,” Indian armed forces targeted and destroyed several terror facilities in PoK along the LoC. It is believed that the ISI may now be planning to resurrect these facilities at new locations in the region, sources said.
The IB report further indicated that the ISI has instructed terror outfits to arm and train civilian residents in border areas to prepare them for potential Indian drone attacks. It also suggests plans to replace active guides with local residents from PoK or Pakistan to more effectively manage infiltration routes.
Additionally, the report mentions a detailed plan discussed during the ISI-terror outfit meeting to launch attacks on Indian security forces in the coming days. This includes the revival and activation of dormant Overground Worker (OGW) networks within Kashmir.