Chandigarh, August 7, 2023: As per media reports, In separate incidents, the BSF shot down two Pakistani drones near the International Border in Amritsar and Tarn Taran sectors on Sunday night. Both the downed drones were recovered by a joint BSF-Punjab Police team on Monday morning.
According to the news published in The Tribune, On August 6, around 10 pm, BSF troops deployed at the border heard the buzzing sound of a drone entering the Indian territory from Pakistan near Rattan Khurd village and fired at it, a BSF officer said.
On the morning of August 7, a joint search operation with the Punjab Police was carried out, during which a hexacopter along with a damaged battery was found from fields near the village.
In the second incident, BSF troops heard the sound of a drone near Rajoke village in Tarn Taran district around 3.30 am and fired at it. The drone, a Quadcopter DJI Matric RTK-300, was recovered by a joint team from fields adjacent to the village.
