Jammu, July 4:  In adramatic incident in a prison at Kishtwar prison where hundreds of inmatesincluding militants are lodged, a drone was spotted hovering over the jailbuilding that later crashed inside the premises of the prison raising doubtswhether the act was backed by militants.

Probing the incident within 24-hours, the police said thatthe drone was put to test by a teenage boy, and it had lost its access to theremote control leading to an incident.

According to media reports, rumours had gripped the areathat the drone may have been sent by the militants in a bid to carry out attackon the jail to secure release of some militants, but police after itsinvestigations, ruled out any militant angle to the act.  As per reports, addressing the presser atKishtwar, today, the Senior Superintendent of Police Kishtwar, Shakti Pathaksaid that drone was purchased by a 16-year old local boy, who put it to a testin Chougam ground. “As the drone went high in the sky, it lost its control withthe remote and later crashed in jail premises after colliding with a towerinside jail,” the police officer said.

He said that although the drone was “not muchsophisticated”, but as it was found hovering over jail premises, the policetook the matter seriously and started an a high level probe.  “During investigation, a local boy alsoapproached police and informed that he is the owner of drone and narratedentire incident after which it got established that there is no militancy  angle to it,” the SSP said. He also said thatnews published in a section of media was out of proportion and far from thefacts