New Delhi: In order to have a "mini replica" of September 11 attacks in Jammu and
Kashmir, Pakistan's ISI has directed militants, especially of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),
to use "toy planes" to target Army posts and VVIPs.
Quoting an interrogation report of a LeT militant arrested in the state, informed
sources said that the ISI had handed over a "fleet" of four dozen such planes,
capable of carrying 10-15 kilograms of RDX, to let for carrying out an attack on Army
posts or helicopter gun ships of the Indian Air Force.
The sources said two such planes were recovered recently from Rajouri district of
Jammu region. The "toy planes" which can be operated by a remote control, take a set
trajectory and hit targets within a range of 300 metres.
The arrested militant said that the plane was displayed at a Lashkar congregation in
Pakistan. The militant was unable to give any further information about the toy plane
but told his interrogators that the plane had flown out of his sight during its
trial, the sources said.
The militant had said that the ISI wanted to repeat performance of the September 11
of bombing of twin towers in the US by carrying out similar attacks, though using
these toy planes, the sources said.
The arrested militant revealed that ISI was also planning to destroy some of the
forward Indian positions at the line of control (LoC) and international border (IB)
using these toy planes.
The sources said that this way, the ISI could use the plane from across the border
and try to hit a forward Indian Post, though such a strike may lack precision, the
sources said.
The toy plane could be folded inside a small briefcase and smuggled into the Valley,
the sources said and added that the two seized planes in Rajouri were meant for
transporting to Jammu for carrying out attacks at important installations and
VVIPs.
The planes were being assembled in the Lashkar-dominated area of Muridkee in
Pakistan, the sources said.
Meanwhile, in the wake of such reports, the security agencies have again reviewed the
security of important VVIPs including Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Deputy
Prime Minister L K Advani and state Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed.
A special watch was being kept during the landing and taking off of the state
aircraft carrying VVIPs from one place to another in the state.
PTI
