BSF shoots down Pakistani spy drone in Punjab’s Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur: Border Security Force (BSF) shot down a Pakistani spy drone in Punjab's Gurdaspur sector on Friday.

BSF DIG Prabhakar Joshi said that, a Pak drone entered into Indian territory at around 4.30 in the morning, reacting immediately the BSF personnel of 73 battalion gunned down the drone. He said that as soon as the information was received, the high authority reached the spot and started a search operation. He said that no objectionable object has been found from the drone.

Punjab | Brave jawans of BSF heard a drone coming from Pakistan side. As soon as it entered India, jawans fired 17 rounds of bullets at it. One of the blades of the drone was damaged. Entire area is being searched. The drone will be analysed: Prabhakar Joshi, BSF DIG, Gurdaspur pic.twitter.com/hqTYDTg45n

— ANI (@ANI) October 14, 2022

This is the first incident of shooting down of Pakistani drone in Gurdaspur sector. (UNI)