Punjab: BSF shoots down drone in Amritsar, recovers suspicious polythene bag

The Border Security Force BSF at the International Border near Punjabs Amritsar shot down a drone entering from Pakistan to the Indian territory it informed on TuesdayThe drone was shot down near the village Chaharpur in the Amritsar Rural district of Punjab an official statement from the PRO BSF read adding that the area has been cordoned off and police and other concerned agencies have also been informedIt further said that the BSF has recovered one Hexacopter in partially damaged condition with a suspected item in white polythene This polythene was attached underneath lying in a farming field on its own side of border fencing near the village ChaharpurFurther details are awaitedMeanwhile in a fresh crackdown against gangster nexus the National Investigation Agency NIA this morning launched massive multistate raids covering Uttar Pradesh Punjab Delhi Rajasthan and Haryana sources saidAlso Read Punjab BSF shoots down drone along international border in AmritsarThe raids are being conducted at the residential and other premises linked to gangsters in more than six districts across these four states and Delhi in an ongoing case aimed to dismantle and disrupt the emerging nexus between terrorists gangsters and drug smugglers based in India and abroad sources addedEarlier on Saturday the BSF foiled an intrusion attempt by Pakistan on the Srikaranpur border area in Rajasthan on the 14th anniversary of the 2611 Mumbai attackAccording to the BSF the intruder identified as Safdar Hussain 39 hailing from Pakistans Bahawalnagar district was shot below the waist after he defied caution by the sentryThe intruder was later handed over to the Pakistan Rangers after questioningThe BSF further informed on the day that after hearing the sound of a suspected flying object coming from the Pakistani side around 905 pm on Friday security personnel deployed at Daoke Border Outpost BoP in the Amritsar sector on IndiaPakistan international border fired six rounds from their INSAS rifles and downed a drone which was later found to be a Chinamade Quadcopter DJI Matrice 300RTK brand drone lying in the field near the border A few cameras were also found fitted in the droneThe drone will be sent to the BSF Francis unit after investigation Jasbir Singh Commandant BSF said on SaturdayTill July this year a total of 107 drones flying from across the border were spotted inside Indian territory as compared to 97 drones spotted last year according to the BSF Sixtyfour such cases were reported in Punjab last year 31 in Jammu and two were seen crossing the Line of Control in Jammu A total of 107 such incidents till July this year including 14 in Jammu and 93 in the Punjab sectorIn 2021 BSF shot down one drone in the Ferozpur sector while this year seven drones were shot down and a huge quantity of narcotics was recoveredThe total length of Punjabs border with Pakistan is 553 kms and the 198 km stretch of the IndiaPakistan border in the Jammu region is guarded by the BSFThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever