Indian army strongly denies Pakistan’s claim of shooting down its ‘spy drone’ along LoC

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Indian army strongly denies Pakistan’s claim of shooting down its ‘spy drone’ along LoC
The drone posted by Major General Asif Ghafoor.Twitter

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  • On Tuesday, Pakistan claimed that an ‘Indian spy quadcopter’ was shot down by its army troops that was flying along Line of Control (LoC) in Bagh sector in Pakistan.
  • The Indian army strongly denied the claim by saying that ‘they keep lying on such issues’.
  • According to Times Now, the spy quadcopter in question is not a ‘military grade’ drone, but is the one that is easily available and may be used to cover public events.
  • A few days prior to this, the Indian army used quadcopters to locate dead bodies of Pakistan’s army troops.
Indian army strongly refuted Pakistan’s claim that said it shot down ‘Indian spy quadcopter’ flying along their (Pakistan border) Line of Control (LoC) in Bagh sector. In fact, the Indian army reportedly condemned Islamabad of ‘lying on such issues’ and said that the incident has not happened.

The Indian army’s response came after Major General Asif Ghafoor, Pakistan’s director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Army wing, posted a tweet on Tuesday that had a picture of the flying drone, which spied Pakistan. The tweet said “Not even a quadcopter will be allowed to cross LOC, In Shaa Allah.”


On Wednesday, Ghafoor also claimed that the Pakistan army troops have shot down yet another drone along LoC in Satwal sector.


The military deploys Quadcopters for surveillance and silent observations on attackers. However, according to Times Now, the quadcopter in question is not a ‘military grade’ drone, but is the one that is easily available and may be used to cover public events.
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However, Pakistan has also said that it shot four Indian drones last year.

A few days prior to this, on 31 December, Indian army reportedly shot down Pakistani troops in Naugam sector of Kashmir and used drones to locate the bodies of the troops while on a mission to obstruct Pakistan Border Action Team (BAT), ANI reported through its official twitter handle.


On the flip side, in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the surgical strike that was carried out by Indian troops that happened to kill nearly 50 terrorists — including Pakistan army soldiers. Pakistan strongly denied the claim back then.

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