India-Pakistan
191 Pak drones entered into Indian territory in past 9 months, 7 shot down
New Delhi: In the last nine months, security forces have spotted the illegal entry of as many as 191 drones into Indian territory from neighbouring Pakistan, raising major concerns in terms of internal security in the country.
The Government of India recently shared the input from the security forces deployed at the India-Pakistan border to maintain such illegal attempts from the Pakistan side.
Of the 191 drones observed, 171 entered into Indian territory through the India-Pakistan border along the Punjab sector while 20 were seen in the Jammu sector, ANI reported.
"The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) observation in Indo-Pak border was seen in Punjab and Jammu frontier with effect from January 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022”, the document accessed by ANI read.
The documents also reveal that most of these drones or UAVs managed to flee while a total of seven have been shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the India-Pakistan border to keep a tab on such illegal activities being orchestrated by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
According to a report by ANI, among seven drones shot down this year between January 1 to September 15 were observed in Punjab’s Amritsar, Ferozpur and Abohar regions.
The security forces have seized various firearms, including AK series assault rifles, pistols, MP4 carbines, carbine magazines, high explosive grenades as well as narcotics which were transported into Indian territory from Pakistan from the drones shot down so far, reports ANI.
The increased drone activity across the Indo-Pak border was brought to the notice of Home Minister Amit Shah in the security review meeting in Srinagar recently with top security and intelligence chiefs in attendance, ANI reported.
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