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Drones for arms

smuggled to Punjab

Following the dropping of arms including a large number of AK 47 assault rifles through
drones in Punjab from Pakistan side, the Punjab Chief Minister has sought the help of
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, writes bharat hiteshi

he Punjab Police have ties in Pathankot when Air Force are concerned. In the present case, the
busted a terror mod- base was attacked sometime back. police suspect it to be the handiwork of
ule involving the use of The Pathankot incident took place the Pakistan’s Intelligence agency ISI.
drones to drop arms in the in year 2016 and a year before that Punjab has 550-km-long border with
T state that were dropped in 2015, Dinanagar in Punjab had Pakistan and infiltration of terrorists is
near Khalra village in Tarn Taran witnessed terrorist activities. a routine affair. Punjab is a known tar-
district. The arms were obviously The Punjab Police took the incident get for terror outfits to supply arms and
meant for fomenting terror in Pun- of using drones to supply and drop drugs in this border state. Punjab’s bor-
jab and also Kashmir that is currently arms in the state very seriously for two der with Jammu and Kashmir makes
witnessing a lockdown after the ab- reasons-one being Punjab’s proxim- it vulnerable for terror groups to use
rogation of Article 370. Punjab has ity to Pakistan and second past history it as a launch pad and to disturb hard
in the past witnessed terror activi- of Punjab as far as terrorists activities bought peace.

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