High-tech gadgets like pre-programmed drones for weapon dropping and offline applications for escape routes could be providing a security cover to multiple special militant teams active in the Rajouri-Poonch belt, official sources said on Monday.
Ten soldiers have died in twin attacks, the first on April 20 and the second on May 5, in the Rajouri-Poonch sector. Massive search operations were able to kill only one militant and injure another so far. However, the injured militant remains untraced despite the use of technology, including drones and choppers, sniffer dogs and additional troops such as elite para commandos. The anti-militancy operation was carried out on Monday too and no contact was established with any militants in the Kandi Forest area of the Kesari Hills, Kotranka.
Investigating agencies suspect the role of offline applications like ‘Alpine’ being used by the militants to feed their mobiles with routes, making it easy to reach the secure destinations after the attack even if offline.
