FBI offers to crack GPS devices obtained from terrorists in Gurdaspur & Udhampur

NEW DELHI: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has offered to crack the global positioning system (GPS) devices seized from the terrorists in Udhampur and Gurdaspur, NIA chief Sharad Kumar told ET. Details from the GPS may officially confirm Pakistan’s role in both attacks.

“Some of the data has been erased from the GPS devices found on the dead terrorists in Gurdaspur. GPS devices used by Mohammad Naveed to sneak into India have also been found after the Udhampur attack. FBI has offered us expert help to crack the GPS devices,” Kumar said.

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Scientific evidence from FBI on GPS coordinates could help India conclusively prove that in both the incidents, terrorists had come from Pakistan, sources in the government said. NIA has been asked to compile a dossier on the Udhampur strike for the NSA-level talks with Pakistan expected later this month.

NIA will also be sending a letter rogatory through the court to Pakistan asking for confirmation of the address and family details of the captured terrorists in Udhampur, Mohammad Naveed.

Naveed could be flown to Delhi in a special aircraft and subjected to lie-detector tests as he has been constantly changing his statements and citing four different routes which he along with three other accomplices took to infiltrate into India.