12 security agencies to use indigenously developed explosive detectors

The devices were recently handed over to IB Director Tapan Deka by Principal Scientific Adviser to the government of India Ajay Kumar Sood, the spokesperson said.

Senior officials from SPG, NSG, CISF, ITBP, SSB, BCAS, SFF and the Army were present. Sood dubbed the production of detectors as a shining example of Atmanirbhar Bharat.

The detectors, based on Ion Mobility Spectrometry (lMS) technique and Raman Back Scattering (RBS) principle respectively, have been customised as per specific requirements of the agencies, as part of a development project initiated at the behest of IB in 2017.

The user agencies have been asked to provide feedback about the field deployment experience of the 2 detectors so that further improvements, if required, can be made.