Pakistan downs Indian spy drone in AJK

MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistan Army on Friday said it had shot down an Indian ‘spy drone’ along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as tensions continued to flare between the two countries amid unrelenting ceasefire violations at the heavily-militarised de facto border.

“Indian quadcopter spying across LoC in Rakhchikri sector shot down by Pakistan Army shooters,” tweeted Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The Rakhchikri sector falls in AJK’s Poonch and Haveli districts.

The ISPR chief also tweeted pictures of the wreckage which, he said, had been seized by the army.

Immediately, there were no further details as to how deep the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had intruded into this side of the LoC.

It’s not the first time a spy drone has been shot down in AJK. On Nov 19 last year, a UAV was downed in the same sector when it had intruded 60 metres into Pakistani airspace. A similar reconnaissance drone was downed for intruding into the Pakistani side in AJK’s Bhimber district on July 15, 2015.