One more success: Pak drone shot down near Gujarat border

February 26: After early morning Balakot strike by Indian Air Force on Tuesday, a Pakistani unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/drone was shot down near the International Border in Kutch district of Gujarat. Debris of the unmanned aerial vehicle, or the drone, was seen near Nanghatad village in Kutch. Villagers say they heard a loud sound early in the morning and found the debris of the drone at the spot.

Asked if a Pakistani UAV had been shot down by the Indian armed forces, a police official, on condition of anonymity, said, “Such an incident has happened, we are investigating the matter.” The official, however, refused to elaborate further.

Earlier, combat jets of Indian Air Force bombed Jaish terror camp across the Line of Control on the Pakistani side, 12 days after Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group carried out an attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in Kashmir. The IAF dropped 1,000 pound bombs in a thickly-forested hilltop that has eliminated a large number of terrorists in Balakot, the biggest camp of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed.

The strikes was carried out on the basis of credible intelligence and designed to target the Jaish camp without any civilian casualties. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the operation.