A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was given the charge to probe the drone attacks on the Jammu Air Force Station, Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) MA Ganapathy, along with CISF DG Sudhir Kumar Saxena, on Wednesday visited the technical area of Air Force Station to take stock of the ongoing investigations.
According to official sources, the chief of black cats interacted with the NSG teams and other experts camping at the Air Force Station and gathered feedback from them.
Meanwhile, the drones were reportedly spotted in the military area near Kunjwani and Kaluchak areas of Jammu between 4.40 and 4.52 am on Wednesday. The security forces remain in a state of high alert and have set up special check points to keep a tight vigil on the movement of the suspected people.
CISF DG, whose men are chiefly responsible for securing the vital installations, including airports, took an overall review of the security apparatus in and around the vital installation and measures taken up to secure it from any future threats, including similar drone strikes.
The senior officers spent around two hours inside the Air Force Station before stepping out of the fortified complex.
Since Sunday teams of special forces, NIA, NSG along with sleuths of Central and local intelligence agencies have been camping inside the Air Force Station to collect concrete evidence ahead of preparing a water tight case against the perpetrators of the drone strike.
The NIA team has identified two security guards, who were on duty during the Sunday night and had observed movement of the drones before the blasts were recorded around 1.40 a.m and 1.46 a.m. They are expected to record their statements as they had formally taken over the charge of investigation in the case.
In another significant development, the district authorities in Rajouri on Wednesday imposed a ban/restriction on the storage, sale, possession, use, and transport of any drone or small flying objects.
Meanwhile, local police authorities Wednesday launched a special drive to verify credentials of local residents living in the close vicinity of the Air Force station and domestic airport in Jammu.
The jawans of the police conducted house to house surveys along the boundary walls of the domestic airport and collected data of occupants and any tenants living in the area.
A fresh infiltration bid was also foiled in the Sunderbani area of Rajouri on Wednesday. One Army personnel received minor injuries during the brief exchange of fire near Dadal village of Sunderbani.
In Srinagar, a total number of three terrorists were killed while one army jawan received injuries during an ongoing encounter at Chimmer area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday.