The Border Security Force announced on Friday morning that its troops had opened fire on a drone that attempted to fly across the International Border to Arnia sector of Jammu.
The BSF claimed the drone was a 'hexacopter', which is a small rotary-wing device that can take off and land vertically.
ANI quoted a BSF statement as saying, "Alert BSF troops fired at a small hexacopter belonging to Pakistan today morning at about 4:25am as it was trying to cross International Border in Arnia sector. Due to this firing, it returned immediately. It was meant for carrying out surveillance of the area."
Giving more details of the incident, Prasar Bharati News Services reported, “The alert BSF jawans fired 5/6 rounds towards the drone following which the drone fled away. The drone was coming from Pak post-Zummat (4 chinab rangers) and was flying just near IB but could not cross the fence.”
There has been a spurt in drone sightings in the Jammu region this week in the wake of a daring drone attack on the Indian Air Force base at Jammu on June 27. The drone attack, the first of its kind in India, caused minor damage to the base and left two personnel injured.
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On Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha declared the security agencies were capable of tackling the drone threat in the state.
Sinha was quoted by ANI as saying, "Drones [were] spotted in past few months; BSF shot down one recently. Police thwarted such attempts. Security agencies have taken recent Jammu incident seriously. Security arrangements being made at all such establishments. Security agencies are capable of tackling this threat."