Involvement Of Pak In Drone Attack "Can't Be Ruled Out": J&K Top Cop

Jammu and Kashmir Police chief said the use of armed drones by Pak-based terrorists is a "very serious threat" to the security system and there was a need to have a relook at the security of vital places and persons.

The involvement of Pakistan in the drone attack on an Air Force station in Jammu cannot be ruled out as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a terrorist group based out of that country, is strongly suspected to be behind it, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh said on Friday. Mr Singh said the use of armed drones by Pakistan-based terrorists is a "very serious threat" to the security system and there was a need to have a relook at the security of vital places and persons. "We have got very serious and strong suspicion that LeT is involved in this case.... Since LeT is involved and the outfit is run from Pakistan, so in a way Pakistan's involvement cannot be ruled out," the police chief told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Kathua district. To what extent Pakistani agencies are involved would be known only when the investigation proceeds further, he added.