The Indian army took down multiple drones suspected to have flown in from Pakistan on Tuesday evening in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said in Jammu.
The drones are reported to have entered the Indian territory from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and hovered briefly in the Manjakote sector before returning to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), officials said.
Around 7 pm on Tuesday, troops fired upon a few Pakistani drones when they entered the Indian territory over Dunga Gala in the Chingus area of Rajouri, officials said. The drones subsequently vanished and are believed to have retreated to the other side.
The latest drone sightings came as Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday strongly raised concerns with Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) about sightings of Pakistani drones along the border areas in the Jammu Sector in the last three days.
The Indian Army has implemented counter-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) measures after drone-spotting along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, confirmed defence sources.
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Elaborating upon the drone spotting on Tuesday, officials said that army personnel detected the movement of two drone-like objects over the forward Dheri Dhara village and fired several live rounds to target them.
However, the suspected drones moved toward Kalali before returning, officials said, adding that a search operation was initiated to ensure no weapons or narcotics were airdropped by the drones.
On Sunday, troops guarding the Nowshera sector also fired medium and light machine guns after observing drone activity over Gania-Kalsian village. On the same day, drone movements were later detected over Khabbar village in Teryath, Kalakote in Rajouri, Tain-Topa in the Mankote area of Poonch district, and Chak Babral village in the Ramgarh sector of Samba. However, those flying objects returned within a few minutes.
Earlier on Friday night, security forces recovered an arms consignment, comprising two pistols, three magazines, 16 rounds and a grenade, which had been dropped by a drone from Pakistan, in Paloora village of Ghagwal near the International Border in Samba.
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