CRPF to experiment with tracking and disabling technology to prevent misuse of stolen weapons

CRPF is in touch with private companies which dealt with providing the type of technology which could implant GPS tracking/Biometric ID. The country’s largest paramilitary force, CRPF, is exploring technology that could potentially track and disable weapons looted in extremist-affected parts Jammu and Kashmir. Officials in the Indian Army have told The Times of India that CRPF is in touch with private companies which dealt with providing a type of technology which could implant GPS tracking/Biometric ID so that weapons snatched by extremists could be tracked and rendered useless. Sukma and its adjoining areas have witnessed some of the deadliest ambushes on security forces recently, like the one where 25 CRPF men were killed in the Burkapal area of the district on 24 April.