In Jammu and Kashmir, Army troops opened fire to take down multiple suspected Pakistani drones that entered Indian territory from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district yesterday evening.

Army officials said in Jammu that the drones briefly hovered in the Manjakote sector before returning to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The fresh drone sightings came as Army Chief Gen. Upendra Dwivedi said that the Indian Army yesterday strongly raised with Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) the sightings of Pakistani drones along the border areas in the Jammu Sector in the last three days.

Defence sources said that the Indian Army implemented counter-Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) measures after drones were spotted along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. Around 7 pm, troops fired upon a few Pakistani drones when they entered Indian territory over Dunga Gala in the Chingus area of Rajouri. The drones subsequently vanished and are believed to have retreated to the other side, officials said.