Army Shoots Down Intruding Pak UAV in Rajasthan: Sources

A UAV intrusion was detected at 7.30 pm on Saturday. It was engaged with and brought down, defence sources said.

Debris from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was shot down in Gujarat’s Kutch on 27 February. Image used for representation.

(Photo: The Quint)

A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which intruded into Rajasthan's Ganganagar was shot down by the Army on Saturday, 9 March, defence sources said.

“One UAV intrusion in Ganganagar sector around 7:30 pm. The drone was engaged and brought down.”

Defence Sources to PTI

On 4 March, a fighter jet of the Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistani military drone in Bikaner sector of the Indo-Pak border using an air-to-air missile. Another Pakistani drone was shot down by India on 27 February along the Indo-Pak border in Kutch in Gujarat.

The downing of the drones came in the midst of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan after the IAF struck a terrorist training camp in Pakistan's Balakot and subsequent retaliation by Islamabad.