Bullet-evidence automobiles, wall-thru radars and drones are a number of the brand new devices inducted through CRPF into its counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, main to precision-primarily based totally movements in opposition to terrorists.
Several of those high-tech system have been utilized in Tuesday`s operation in Pulwama in opposition to ultras of the TRF allegedly concerned in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma, who labored as a financial institution guard.
“In yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) come upon, we used a Critical Situation Response Vehicle (CSRV) this is bullet evidence and it could be used for room intervention or to have interaction the enemy that’s holed up inner a house. It has little or no turning radius. It’s bulletproof and may be used to ram the walls. We additionally have bullet-evidence JCBs which are comparable in purpose,” IG CPRF (Kashmir Operations) M S Bhatia instructed PTI.
The CSRV and the JCBs have a bullet-evidence cabin established on a forklift for safety employees to advantage benefit of top in opposition to the adversary with out being uncovered to danger.
The CSRV cabin presents 180-diploma safety even as the JCBs have 360-diploma safety for the squaddies withinside the bullet-evidence cabin. Mr Bhatia stated drones have been additionally being utilized by the pressure and that they have performed a crucial position in counter-insurgency operations withinside the valley.
“Drones are some thing that’s an increasing number of utilized by us for the surveillance of country wide highways at some point of the motion of our convoys. The drones are used notably at some point of the Amarnath Yatra additionally. We additionally use drones in growing come upon conditions in operational scenarios, to peer wherein the enemy is hiding or whether or not he has been neutralised or not,” he added.
Wall-thru radars (WTR) and hand held thermal imagers (HHTI) are the alternative devices which have decreased the threat for jawans in complicated operations. “HHTI also are used. We have them in each battalion specifically in south Kashmir that’s greater affected as a ways as terrorism is concerned. They also are appearing as pressure multipliers even as coming near jungles and hideouts. While taking pictures withinside the dark, it facilitates to recognize precise focus,” he added.
Mr Bhatia stated the CRPF has used generation withinside the valley like CCTV surveillance alongside the complete country wide motorway after the Pulwama terrorist assault in 2019. “We have installation 14 nakas on NH, all are ready with CCTV cameras and pictures is tested and analysed round the clock through officers,” he stated. Mr Bhatia stated the bullet proofing of the automobiles utilized by CRPF has been taken up in a huge way.
“We have released bullet-evidence automobiles on a massive scale. Some of them are accomplished in factories even as a few are domestically fabricated. We have brought mine-evidence automobiles and medium bullet-evidence automobiles withinside the valley. They also are appearing like multipliers in order that our jawans experience secure,” he stated.
Asked if MP-five rifles have been utilized by the pressure withinside the valley, Bhatia spoke back withinside the affirmative. “We have procured MP-five rifles however there’s use of sure guns in sure scenarios. So MP-five guns are actually there withinside the valley with us however used handiest relying at the situation. We use our telescopic weapons additionally however the wellknown inventory of guns we use withinside the valley is AK-47,” he added.