An Indian quad copter spying across the Line of Control (LoC) was shot down by Pakistan Army on Friday, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The drone was shot down in the Rakhchikri sector of the LoC and the wreckage has been recovered by the Army. The wreckage of the drone is under the custody of the Army, likely for analysis.
This is not the first incident of Indian drones violating Pakistan's airspace, with the Army shooting down drones in the LoC area on previous occasions. On November 19, 2016, an Indian drone was shot down by Pakistani troops at the Aagahi post area in the Rakhchakri sector. The then DG ISPR Lieutenant-General Asim Saleem Bajwa had said the quad copter had intruded 60 metres inside Pakistani territory.
The Army had taken the wreckage of the drone into custody. In another incident on July 15, 2015, an Indian spy drone, used for photography, was downed in the Bhimber area near the LoC after intruding into Pakistani territory, ISPR said. The drones are often used by Indian forces to spy and map Pakistani positions along the LoC and to determine troop dispositions.
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