Army troops open fire in air after drone movement on LoC

Rajouri, Feb 28: Army troops on Wednesday resorted to firing in air after a suspected drone movement was observed on the Line of Control (LoC) at Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of  Poonch district.

The movement was in the morning after which troops fired volley of bullets towards the drone  to shot it down but the aerial vehicle later returned towards PoJK side.

As per official sources, army troops deployed on the Line of Control (LoC) in K G sector of Poonch observed the movement of a drone that was seen coming from opposite side towards this side.  The troops, they said, fired towards the drone immediately to bring the drone on earth.

However, they said, soon after the army troops resorted to firing the drone was seen moving back towards PoJK side and went out of sight thereafter.

Pertinent to mention here that half a dozen incidents of movement of drones on and near Line of Control have been reported in last one month in the areas of Rajouri and Poonch districts with army troops also opened fire after observing the movement.

The drones, which are also considered as remotely controlled machines of aerial transport nature, and even being used to drop consignments of arms, ammunition, narcotics, explosives and cash near Line of Control (LoC) which security forces and intelligence agencies have also considered it as a challenge on security front.