Tripura: BSF to conduct a thorough study of 'Made in China' drone, found near India-Bangladesh border

Guwahati: The Border Security Force (BSF) would conduct a thorough study of the 'Made in China' mark drone, found near the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.

The Chinese-made drone weighing 915 grams was found on Friday by a young boy in a paddy field near Durgabai Border Outpost of BSF, and the boy took it to his home and cleaned it with water. The boy found the drone in the paddy field 650 metres from the India-Bangladesh border.

Family members of the boy informed the Tripura Police, who immediately brought it into their custody and sent it for FSL examination. Police said, “It is not yet clear from where the drone came into the Indian territory”.


A BSF official said that the Tripura Police would hand over the drone, equipped with two high-resolution cameras, to them, and then it would be sent to the forces' (BSF) headquarters in Delhi for a methodical study.

"A meeting between the officials of BSF and the police was held on Friday. The police on Friday sent the drone to the state government's forensic science laboratory. After the FSL examination, the police would hand it over to BSF," the official said.