Multiple suspected Pakistani drones entered Indian airspace across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening, prompting Indian Army troops to open fire.
According to officials, the drones briefly hovered over Dunga Gala in the Chingus area around 7 pm before returning to the Pakistani side. Two unidentified aerial objects were also spotted over the forward village of Dheri Dhara at around 7.35 pm.
Following the sightings, the Indian Army activated counter–Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) measures. Security forces also launched a search operation to ensure that no weapons, explosives, or narcotics were airdropped by the drones.
In a similar incident on Sunday, several suspected Pakistani drones were detected in multiple forward areas, including Gania-Kalsia in the Nowshera sector, Dharmsal in Kalakote, Khabbar village in Teryath, and Chak Babral in the Ramgarh sector.
Indian Army personnel responded by firing light and medium machine guns and activating counter-drone systems after observing the aerial objects.
Meanwhile, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday that the Indian Army had strongly taken up the issue with Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) following repeated sightings of Pakistani drones along border areas in the Jammu sector over the past three days.
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“We have observed small drones flying with their lights on and at relatively low altitudes. Only a few were sighted—six or seven on January 10 and two to three on January 11 and 12. These appeared to be defensive drones, possibly launched to assess whether any action was being planned against them,” the Army Chief said.
He added that it could not be ruled out that the drones were intended to identify gaps in Indian deployments to facilitate terrorist infiltration. “However, there are no such gaps. This issue was raised during DGMO-level talks today, and we conveyed to them that such actions must be reined in,” he said.
