DHAKA: An Indian spy drone has been shot down by Pakistani military forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in Bhimber, Azad Kasmir.

Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said, reports dawn.com.

According to the military, the drone had violated Pakistani airspace after which it was targeted by Pakistani forces and brought down for ‘violation of Pakistan’s territorial integrity’.

The military maintains that the ‘spy drone’ is used for aerial photography.

In July, another drone had crashed near the working boundary in Shakargarh sector, which was taken into custody by Pakistani security forces.

The drone was operated by Pakistan Rangers, it was later clarified.

Earlier in May, a pigeon which crossed the Indo-Pak border into India’s Pathankot area was captured and detained for being a ‘suspected spy’.

A stamped message and a wire-like object on the ‘intruder’, which landed in Manwal village situated four kilometers from the Indo-Pak border, raised suspicions of the security agencies in India.

BDST: 2153 HRS, JULY 15, 2015
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