Pak Army claims to have shot down Indian drone near the LoC

Suhas Munshi | Updated on: 7 February 2017, 1:21 IST

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Pak says that an Indian quadcopter entered Pakistani airspace, which is why they shot it down

Pakistan on Saturday said it has shot down an Indian drone near the Line of Control

The Pakistan Army on 19 November claimed to have shot down an Indian drone. The drone, the Pakistan army says, was a quad copter and was shot down in Rakh Chakri sector near the Line of Control (LoC).

The new claim has been made a day after Pakistan navy claimed to have 'blocked' an Indian submarine from entering the country's waters. New Delhi strongly denied this claim.

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This is what Asim Bajwa, the Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) tweeted:

Indian Quad Copter shot down by own Aagahi Post in Rakhchakri Sec.Had intruded 60 Ms in Pak side of LOC,fell near own Agahi Post&taken over
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) November 19, 2016

A few minutes later, he tweeted again:

Reference my last tweet,Indian Quad Copter has been shot down by Pakistani troops at 1645,fell in Pak territory& taken over by Pak troops.
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) November 19, 2016

Non-stop action at the border

Action at the border has been in constant and unabated supply since the attack on an Indian Army base in September which resulted in the death of 19 Indian soldiers.

Since then, the Indian Army has claimed to have destroyed terrorist launch pads in Pakistan held J&K. Pakistan Army, on their part, has claimed to have killed seven Indian soldiers in retaliation.

Last year, Pakistan Army had also claimed to have shot down an Indian drone which it had claimed was being used by the Indian Army for spying on them.

Edited by Aleesha Matharu

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First published: 19 November 2016, 11:17 IST

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He hasn't been to journalism school, as evident by his refusal to end articles with 'ENDS' or 'EOM'. Principal correspondent at Catch, Suhas studied engineering and wrote code for a living before moving to writing mystery-shrouded-pall-of-gloom crime stories. On being accepted as an intern at Livemint in 2010, he etched PRESS onto his scooter. Some more bylines followed in Hindustan Times, Times of India and Mail Today.