New Delhi: Amid multiple sightings of drones in and around Jammu city and days after an attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) station at airport, India told the UN General Assembly that the possible use of weaponised drones for terror activities calls for serious attention.
Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India, V S K Kaumudi said on Tuesday, “Today, misuse of information and communication technology such as internet and social media for terrorist propaganda, radicalisation and recruitment of cadre; misuse of new payment methods and crowdfunding platforms for financing of terrorism; and misuse of emerging technologies for terrorist purposes have emerged as the most serious threats of terrorism and will decide the counter-terrorism paradigm going forward,”
VSK Kaumudi made the remarks at the second High Level Conference of the Head of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of the Member States in the General Assembly.
The special secretary said that the possibility of the use of weaponised drones for terrorist purposes against strategic and commercial assets calls for serious attention by the member states. “We have witnessed terrorists using UAS to smuggle weapons across borders,” Kaumudi said drawing attention to Pakistani drones that have allegedly dropped weapons and narcotics in Taran Taran in Punjab, Arneia, Rajouri and other parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
India intervened after “vitriolic diatribe” from Pakistan. “Each member country gets a right to intervene and India exercised that right to put out the right picture,” an officer told.
Kaumudi, representing India, slammed Pakistan and urged upon the international community to take “effective and irreversible” action against terror outfits operating from Pakistan against India. He said, “As expected, the delegation of Pakistan has again resorted to peddling false narratives and making baseless allegations against India.”