New Delhi: The Border Security Force on Friday shot down a drone entering India from Pakistan’s side along the International Border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur sector, after which a massive search operation was launched by the security forces, reported news agency ANI.
“BSF troops shot down a drone that entered India from Pakistan's side along the International Border at 4.35 am in Gurdaspur sector, Punjab. A massive search operation is launched in the entire area,” said a senior BSF official, quoted by the news agency.
Last month also, the security force had foiled a drone intrusion attempt from Pakistan after a drone was spotted near the International Border in Gurdaspur. The attempt of intrusion was foiled after jawans fired several rounds of bullets and forced it to retract its position by moving back to the Pakistani side.
“Today around 5 am a Pakistani drone was spotted near the International Border in the area of BSF's Rosa Post BOP 89 Bn in Gurdaspur,” reported news agency ANI. A search operation by BSF and police was carried out.
Earlier in July, a similar Pakistani drone infiltration bid was foiled by the BSF after it was spotted near the International Border in the Kanachak sector of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a PTI report.
Since the past few months, incidents of drone sightings near the border areas of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir have witnessed an increase. These Pakistani drones are mostly used to drop drugs and weapons inside the Indian territory in a bid to support terrorism. However, the security forces have succeeded in safeguarding the border areas with their alertness and foiling any such plans of infiltration by terrorists.