After attack, drones banned in Srinagar

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has banned the sale, possession and use of drones in Srinagar, around a week after two blasts — believed to be from a drone strike — targeted an Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu and triggered a security scare.

Srinagar deputy commissioner Mohammad Aijaz on Saturday issue the order, outlawing the sale, possession, storage, use and transportation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones in the district. The order said the ban was necessitated by the “recent episodes of misuse of drones posing threat to security infrastructure”.