Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 29: Just two days after a similar occurrence was reported in the area, the Border Security Force (BSF), which is stepping up its crackdown on terrorism, shot down another drone that had entered from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district.
According to the officials, the military shot at the drone after spotting it smuggling into Indian territory close to Chaharpur hamlet. This prevented another attempt at smuggling.
Prabhakar Joshi, BSF DIG, Gurdaspur felicitates the BSF personnel who brought down a Hexacopter along with a suspected item in white colour polyethene attached underneath at a farming field on the Indian side of IB fencing near Village – Chaharpur in Amritsar, Punjab. pic.twitter.com/7b3ZE9cUyJ
— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2022
In the area falling near Chaharpur in Amritsar, BSF troops stationed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a suspected drone flying into Indian territory from Pakistan. The troops fired in an attempt to stop the alleged drone, which was hit by the bullet and brought to the ground. Police and other concerned agencies were immediately notified, and the area was immediately cordoned off.
Additionally, the BSF discovered one partially damaged Hexacopter in a farming field on its side of the border fence, close to Chaharpur Village, along with a suspected item wrapped in white polythene.
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The BSF personnel who brought down a Hexacopter and a suspected item with a white polyethene cover attached at a farming field on the Indian side of the IB fencing were congratulated by Prabhakar Joshi, BSF DIG, Gurdaspur.
On November 26, the BSF destroyed a Pakistani drone near the international border between the two countries in Amritsar, Punjab. The BSF stopped an attempted incursion that day after spotting two intruders close to the border in Pathankot, Punjab. Two Pakistani intruders were tracked by the BSF soldiers. A thermal camera that was positioned there recorded the movement of the Pakistani attackers.
Notably, compared to 2021, there has been a surge in the smuggling of Pakistani drones into Indian territory. This year at the border, some 230 drones have been seen, up from 104 in 2021. In terms of 2020, 77 drones were spotted around the LoC and the Indo-Pak border.
