BSF shot down Pakistani drone carrying arms and ammunition in J&K

New Delhi, June 20 (HS): The Border Security Force on Saturday shot down a Pakistani drone along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir and have recovered arms and ammunition fitted in it.

A security officer deployed there said that the Pakistani drone was flying inside Indian Territory in Rathua area in Hiranagar sector around 5.10 AM when a BSF patrol shot it down.

According to Inspector General, BSF Jammu Frontier NS Jamwal, “The BSF shot down a drone from Pakistan near Kathua and recovered M-4 US-made semi-automatic rifle, 60 rounds in it, two magazines and seven M67 grenades”.

IG Jamwal said, “It is a big development because the Pakistanis have adopted similar modus operandi of what they have been doing in Punjab. The six copter drone itself weighed around 17.5 kilograms and the consignment weighed around five to six kilograms.”

“Surely, it was an attempt to deliver the arms and ammunition to someone here on this side. This delivery was for some ‘Ali Bhai’ as the payload was carrying his name. Who was he, remains a matter of investigation.” he said.

He further informed that the drone had a winch mechanism with which entire consignment had to be dropped to this side and it had to fly back to Pakistan.

A senior police official said that the drone was 8 feet in wide blade-to-blade and seems to have been controlled by Pak picket opposite Panesar Post of BSF in Hiranagar sector.

Sending drones into Indian territories is Pakistan’s strategy to see deployment of Indian forces and gaps to push terrorists into India.