Indian Military admits failure to shoot down Pakistani drone along borders

NEW DELHI – Indian Military admits failure to shoot down Pakistani dronealong borders.

A drone was spotted twice from the Pakistani side in Punjab’s Firozabaddistrict along the Indo-Pakistani border.

According to officials in India’s Border Security Force (BSF)link,a drone was spotted at around 2040 Hrs IST in Indian air space at Tendiwalavillage.

“Our personnel attempted to shoot the drone down, which was in our borderarea for approximately 4-5 minutes. However, we failed, and the dronedisappeared,” the officer said on Tuesday.

Last year, in September and October, Punjab Police recovered several dronesfrom border villages.

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The Indian home ministry was informed by border security that Pakistancould be behind the weapons dropped via drones in Punjab in September.

Following reports of Pakistan drones violatinglinkIndianairspace, federal Home Minister Amit Shah had asked security forcesguarding the border – the Border Security Force, the Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice, Sashastra Seema Bal, and the Assam Rifles – to come up with along-term security plan.