Terrorists using Chinese weapons, devices to attack security forces in J&K: Report

Srinagar, Dec 26: Terrorists are using Chinese-made weapons and communication devices to carry out attacks on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report quoting Army sources said today. Greater Kashmir couldn’t independently verify the report.

Quoting intelligence agency, India Today reported that terrorist groups like JeM and Lashkar-e-Toiba are using China-made weapons, body suit cameras, and other communication devices to attack the Army.

Sources quoted in the report said that China is supplying drones, hand grenades and other weapons to the Pakistan army, which have been used by terrorist groups in the recent attacks, and evidence of that has been found by security forces.

"The terrorist groups carried out three major attacks in Jammu and Kashmir this year," sources said.

Sources have learnt that terrorists trying to infiltrate into India from Pakistan have been found to be using sniper guns made with Chinese technology against Indian soldiers. They said once such attack was carried out in November where a sniper gun was used against an Indian soldier on the Jammu border.

They said images released by the terrorist groups after the three major attacks this year were taken from Chinese-made body cameras and were also edited and morphed.

Intelligence sources quoted in the report said that encrypted messaging devices used by terrorists for communication are also Chinese. They said the Pakistani army regularly receives supplies of weapons, cameras, and communication devices from China, but instead of using them, it makes them available to terrorist organisations in PoK for infiltrations and terrorist attacks in India.

Intelligence agencies, as per the report, believe that new modus operandi adopted by terrorist groups is a China's bid to get Indian troops diverted from Galwan in Ladakh to Jammu & Kashmir back.