Pakistani drone shot down by BSF along border area in Punjab

Chandigarh: A suspected Pakistani drone that intruded into the Indian territory along the International Border in Punjab's Tarn Taran has been shot down by BSF jawans, an official of the force said on Saturday.

According to the official, Border Security Force troopers noticed the drone on Friday night and immediately reacted to intercept it.

During a joint search operation of the BSF and the Punjab Police, the shot down drone was recovered on Saturday morning from a field in Lakhana village.

"BSF troops intercepted and brought down a Pakistani drone that violated Indian airspace in village Lakhana of Tarn Taran district. Yet again, the nefarious designs of Pakistan have been foiled by the BSF," the force said in a tweet.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlertBSF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlertBSF</a> troops intercepted &amp; brought down a Pakistani drone (DJI Matrice 300 RTK) that violated Indian airspace in Village Lakhana, Dist -Tarn Taran. Yet again, the nefarious designs of Pakistan have been foiled by BSF.<a href="https://twitter.com/ANI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ANI</a> <a href="https://t.co/lMuyPd6dWR">pic.twitter.com/lMuyPd6dWR</a></p>&mdash; BSF PUNJAB FRONTIER (@BSF_Punjab) <a href="https://twitter.com/BSF_Punjab/status/1672442627252436992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>