Suspected Pakistani drones were seen at three different places in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. The drones were seen nearly a week after police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying five kilograms of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) material in the border area of Kanachak.
The flying objects were sighted simultaneously over Bari-Brahmana, Chiladya and Gagwal areas around 8.30 pm on Thursday, the officials said. The officials said Border Security Force (BSF) personnel fired a couple of rounds towards one of the drones in Chiladya before it returned to the Pakistani side. The other two drones disappeared from the sky shortly after hovering over sensitive security installations at Bari Brahmana and along Jammu-Pathankot highway in Gagwal, the officials said. Police along with other security forces have rushed to the sites for thorough search. Weeks after the deadly attack on the Jammu air base where a drone was used to drop explosives, the Centre has instructed all security agencies to be extra vigilant about any flying objects ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15. Weeks after the deadly attack on the Jammu air base where a drone was used to drop explosives, the Centre has instructed all security agencies to be extra vigilant about any flying objects ahead of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15.
