- Sunday, February 23, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
A QUADCOPTER from Pakistan attempted to enter the Indian territory along the international border from Arnia sector in Jammu early on Friday (2) but went back when India’s Border Security Force (BSF) personnel started firing at it. Indian daily Hindustan Times, which reported about the incident, said the drone’s movement was noticed near the Jabowal border outpost.
The BSF said the quadcopter was trying to sneak into the Indian territory for “surveillance of the area”. The force later said in a statement, “Alert BSF troops fired at small quadcopter belonging to Pakistan on Friday morning at about 0425 hrs (4.25 am) as it was trying to cross IB in Arnia sector. Due to this firing, it returned back immediately,” the force said in a statement.”
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“The quadcopter was flying between Zero Line and the border fence. It was fired upon by the alert BSF personnel… We have searched the area and have found no arms and ammunition,” BSF’s Jammu frontier inspector general NS Jamwal said.
The incident happened five days after two explosions took place at an Indian Air Force base in Jammu airport, supported by drone attacks. A building’s roof was damaged while two air personnel suffered minor injuries. They were the first-of-its-kind drone-carried terror attack on an Indian military installation.
On Wednesday (30), Lieutenant General DP Pandey, who heads the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, said the technology used in the aerial attacks in Jammu hinted at “state support and the possible involvement of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba terror groups”.
Drones have been sighted by the Indian forces in days following the June 27 attacks over military areas in Kaluchak, Ratnuchak, Sunjuwan and Kunjwani, all located in Jammu.
Stressing on the threat posed by drones, Indian army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday (1) said that easy availability of drones allowed both state and non-state actors to use them, which has made the challenges faced by security forces more complicated. He though added that the Indian forces were developing capabilities to deal with the new form of attack.
