Information About Incident 63821-128725-326367 in Shimla India

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When collector of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, was kidnapped by Maoists in April, 2012, the UAVs had given us clear pictures of his movements.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sukma
• Matched District: Shimla
• Actgroup: abduct
• Actor: by Maoists in , , the UAVs had given us clear pictures of his movements
• Subject: Alex Paul Menon ,

Context

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To boost Security in the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)-affected zones, particularly through strengthening of intelligence, Government is working on a plan to not only acquire more Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), but also increase the window of the currently operational Heron UAVs from five-six hours to 10-12 hours and increase their nocturnal surveillance, reports The Times of India. Managed by National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO), the UAVs are functioning below par because of lack of manpower. There aren't enough trained personnel who can remotely fly the UAVs. To get its surveillance for 10-12 hours a day people need to work in shifts as it requires high concentration. We have been losing crucial intelligence because of that, said a senior Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer. He added that NTRO is already training more men for this and they would be operational within a month. That will give us distinct advantage with a 12-hour surveillance including at night time, said the officer. In addition to this, CRPF is also in talks with DRDO to develop about a dozen indigenous UAVs. Contrary to perception, Heron UAVs being used by CRPF have surveillance capability and not only capture movement of Maoists in the jungle with great clarity but also pick up their conversations. They also have nocturnal surveillance capacity and can capture small troop movements as well. When collector of Sukma, Alex Paul Menon, was kidnapped by Maoists in April, 2012, the UAVs had given us clear pictures of his movements. We even had pictures of the hut where Maoists had kept him, said another senior officer.

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