City police to keep a close watch on drones

The entire national capital will be a sealed fortress ahead of Republic Day. The Delhi police has made all the arrangements to avoid all kind of untoward incidents. The police in the city and neighbouring states will keep a vigilant eye on drones, which have been classified as a major threat to security.

“The subject of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly referred to as drones, was taken up as a priority in the latest inter-state coordination meeting,” a senior police official said.

“The Delhi police chief (B.S. Bassi) has asked his force and police departments of the neighbouring states to keep a vigilant eye on drones, as they have been perceived as a major threat to security, especially in view of Republic Day,” he added.

Officials have grown increasingly serious about policing drones after a UAV was spotted near Indira Gandhi International Airport around three months ago, but its source or handler could not be tracked by the police.