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Border Security Force shoots down Pakistani drone in Punjab's Fazilka sector

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot down a pakistani drone in Punjab's Fazilka sector. Earlier on Saturday, an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by the Indian army in in Sri Ganganagar area.

Fazilka: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday shot down a Pakistani drone in Punjab's Fazilka sector. Earlier on Saturday, an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down by the Indian army in in Sri Ganganagar area. As per reports, it is the third Pakistani drone which has been shot down by the Indian security forces.
As per information retrieved by ABP News, Pakistan was using its NESCOM Burraq UCAV for IB Survillance. The UCAV is equipped with imagery & motion sensors and also armed with a laser guided air to surface missile Barq"
Ismail Khan, CO (City) said, "We received information that some item came falling through the roof of a building here. We have informed the Army and the BSF. No injuries have been reported." The Army said that one Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) intruded in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar sector around 7.30 pm on Saturday. "The drone was engaged and brought down," the Army added. "The Indian Army shot down the drone while it was making an attempt to enter the Indian airspace, "army sources said. So far four Pakistani drones have been shot at by the Indian security forces since the Indian Air Force carried out air strike at the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26. On March 4, the second drone was shot down in the Bikaner sector of Rajasthan, while the first drone was shot down on the morning of February 26 after it intruded Indian air space in Kutch district of Gujarat.

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