Drone spotted inside Indian High Commission in Pakistan, India objects

A drone was spotted inside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan, news agency ANI has reported.

India has strongly objected to this security breach.

This comes days after explosive-laden drones were used to carry out an attack on the Jammu Air Force station, in the first such instance of suspected Pakistan-based terrorists deploying unmanned aerial vehicles to strike at vital installations in India.

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After seeing a suspected Pakistani surveillance drone near the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jabowal village in the Arnia sector early on Friday, the Border Security Force opened fire at it.

“It was a quad copter trying to cross the international border,” according to BSF sources, and “was meant for surveillance of the area.” The drone returned as soon as BSF soldiers began shooting at it, they added.

After a drone assault on an Indian Air Force (IAF) station in Jammu on Sunday, security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir are on high alert.

During the following days, the army has neither acknowledged nor denied the passage of drones over its military posts at Sunjwan, Miran Sahib, Kaluchak, and Ratnuchak.

Drones have been observed virtually every day since then in various locations along the border.

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During the night of Sunday and Monday, the Army said it foiled a drone attack on its brigade headquarters in Kaluchak and Ratnuchak.

Lashkar-e-Toiba is suspected of being behind the assault on Sunday.

Asserting that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfits are behind the dropping of arms, IEDs and narcotics by drones in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Friday that the time has come to defeat and reject terrorism to usher in peace and development in the Union Territory.

He said counter-insurgency operations would be further speeded up to wipe out terrorism, while efforts are on to further strengthen security arrangements to counter the threat posed by the drones, especially in the aftermath of the recent attack on the Indian Air Force base in Jammu.