BSF fires at drone spotted above borders in Jammu

Jammu: In another incident of a drone near the International Board (IB), BSF opened fire after sighting one in the Kanachak sector of Jammu and Kashmir, PTI reported citing a senior official.

This is the latest among a series of drone sightings in recent times at Pakistan borders, and security forces are trying to bring them down.

The Border Security Force (BSF) troops noticed a blinking red light from the Pakistan side in the Kanachak area at 9.40 pm on Friday, and they fired at it.

Also, the troops launched a search in the area, which is still going on.

Earlier, police had busted three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) modules arresting seven of its members and recovering a huge cache of arms, ammunition, and explosive material reportedly dropped by 20 drone sorties from Pakistan.

According to reports, LeT had set up three terror modules in Jammu and Rajouri districts to collect and transport weapons dropped by drone in border areas of Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Rajouri districts to terrorists in Kashmir.