Punjab Police mulls to acquire drone combat tech for VVIP security - Hindustan Times

The state police have already constituted a standing committee on drones with members including IGP counter-intelligence, DIG-border range, DIG, Ferozepur Range, DIG, Admin, state armed police, DIG cybercrime, AIG technical services and AIG personnel
Punjab Police is contemplating buying drone combat technologies to be used especially for VVIP visits.
The state police have already constituted a standing committee on drones with members including IGP counter-intelligence, DIG-border range, DIG, Ferozepur Range, DIG, Admin, state armed police, DIG cybercrime, AIG technical services and AIG personnel. This committee, as per the information, have submitted detailed recommendations about the procurement of a few technologies to counter the threats from drones.
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In the past few years, drone sightings and incursions from Pakistan have increased manifold.
According to official data, at least 244 drones (till August) have been spotted in Punjab so far this year, with a more than two-fold increase in drone activity as compared to last year. Fifty-five drones have been shot down by BSF this year. While 221 drone activities were detected inside the Indian territory, 22 were inside Pakistan.
BSF’s internal data reveals that 311 drones were spotted this year across the entire western border — Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, with around 75% of these sightings in Punjab.
According to a senior police official, who did not wish to be...



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