A resident of the border area was rewarded by the officers of the Jammu and Kashmir police along with the Border Security Force with a hefty cash incentive of Rs 3 lakhs for raising a timely alarm leading to the recovery of a Pakistani drone in the Ramgarh sector of Samba district on Thursday.

The reward was given as a part of J&K Police’s policy recently announced by DGP J&K.

On January 18, 2024, a resident of the village Nandpur alerted the jawans of the BSF that an object (drone) was lying in his field located close to the Chamliyal border outpost of the BSF in the area.

Acting swiftly on the information, the security forces recovered a Pak surveillance drone fitted with a camera from the field of the informer.

Speaking on the occasion, SSP Samba Vinay Kumar sought cooperation and support from the general public living near the International border in curbing the menace of narco-terrorism sponsored by Pakistan. SSP Samba further apprised the general public about different types of rewards recently announced by DGP J&K for people who will provide information & intelligence on trans-border tunnels, drones, narcotics, terror activities, and terrorists.

Inspector General BSF Jammu Frontier DK Boora also interacted with the local public and urged them to remain alert and extra vigilant and ensured full cooperation of BSF to the people especially those who cultivate land near the International Border.

Under the new policy, J&K Police has recently announced different types of cash reward which includes a Cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for those who provide information about trans-border tunnels used by Anti-National elements to transit terrorists, explosives and contraband consignments. A cash reward of Rs 3 lakh to those: a) who sights a drone flown from across the border to drop narcotics or explosive material and which leads to the recovery of the said dropped material, b) who gives actionable intelligence about a person connected with receiving drone deliveries and/or transporting arms/ammunition/narcotics from border/LoC to hinterland or Punjab and the said intelligence gets corroborated during further action. Cash reward of Rs 2 lakh each has been announced for people providing information about inter-state narcotics modules, people talking to Pakistan-based terrorists and separatists in jails and persons talking to or communicating with terrorist handlers across the border or with their agents within J&K and branding citizens as informers. Police also announced Rs 1 lakh cash reward for persons providing information about those inciting and encouraging people to join terrorist ranks and to pick up guns. Rs 2 lakh to Rs 12.50 lakh reward has been announced for those giving specific information about the presence of terrorists, resulting in successful operation leading to arrest or combat, and cash rewards will be provided as per the category of A, B and C.