Pakistan army, ISI providing communication frequencies to terrorists

"The Pakistan army has installed a chain of mobile towers along the international border with India. The network is used both by the army as well as the militants," the officer said.

The communication network includes both mobile towers as well as radio communication on point-to-point basis using wireless devices. "These devices work on set frequencies and have an in-built foolproof mechanism which is not easily traceable," said the officer.

Intelligence sources also said that the Pakistan army and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has invested more than Rs 1 crore to establish a chain of such radio frequency terminals as well as mobile towers.

"Unlike India where civil and defence establishments have separate range of frequencies for communication, Pakistan has an integrated system which is under the overall control of the ISI," Major General (retd) Sheru Thapliyal told MiD DAY.

"Pakistani network can be accessed in the bordering areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan where population density is very low on both the sides of the border," said Maj Gen Thapliyal.

A senior Border Security Force (BSF) from Gujarat frontier also confirmed the doubts. "For almost 30 km inside the Indian territory no Indian network is available as the population, which primarily consists of tribesmen does not use mobile phones. But, interestingly PakTel is always available. We have intercepts which prove there exists a point-to-point wireless system also," he said.

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