Shivam Bakshi
Jammu, July 25 (NVI): Security forces on Saturday launched extensive search operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba and Kathua districts after suspected cross-border drones were spotted near the International Border (IB), officials said.
Officials sources that an aerial object, suspected to be a Pakistani drone, was detected by Army troops over the forward village of Tarore in the Vijaypur sector of Samba district late Friday night, following which counter-drone measures were immediately activated.
They said the suspected drone is believed to have retreated across the International Border into Pakistan.
In a separate incident, another suspected drone was briefly seen hovering over Chak Nalua village in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district on Friday evening, officials said.
Following the sightings, security forces launched intensive search operations in both areas to trace any possible payload or other evidence linked to the suspected drone activity.
The searches were underway when the last reports came in, officials said, adding that surveillance along the International Border has been further intensified in view of repeated drone sightings. (NVI)
