Pakistan Army using "thermal camouflage suits" at Indian border: Indian intelligence report
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NEW DELHI - Augmenting its stealth to avoid detection by night vision devices across the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistan Army is dressing its personnel in ‘thermal camouflage suits’ security agencies told news agency *PTI. *
They believe this strategy was used by Pakistani troops to kill BSF constable manning forward post along the border.
Constable Sitaram Yadav, 28, of the 192nd battalion of the Border Security Force was killed at about 1:30 am on May 18. Official sources told PTI that Yadav was evacuated by two other BSF jawans guarding the nearby post but the bullet injury to his left eye ultimately caused his death.
The incident has reportedly left top Indian commanders responsible for ensuring security along India-Pakistan border worried. ADVERTISEMENT
The precision of the shot initially led BSF officials to believe that the attack was carried out by a sniper. However, a detailed scrutiny of footage from a hand-held thermal imager (HHTI) suggested that Yadav was shot from close range by a Pakistani soldier. The HHTI detects the body heat signatures of a living being — a human or an animal — and creates a silhouette that assists in checking infiltration bids and attacks on Indian posts in the dark.
The footage showed a “very-grained black shadow like movement” which came close to BSF post and took a head-shot at Yadav, officials told PTI.
