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BSF opens fire on drone at border village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran

Rajoke was the village where police recovered arms and ammunition being smuggled from Pakistan with the help of drones in 2019

Published on: Sep 04, 2021 04:09 PM IST
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The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire upon a drone flying into Indian territory along the border with Pakistan near Rajoke village of Bhikhiwind sub division early on Saturday.

Personnel of the BSF’s 103 Battalion heard a humming and buzzing sound in the air near Rajoke border out post (BoP) in Bhikhiwind sub division of Tarn Taran district at 2am on Saturday and opened fire. (Representational photo/HT)
Personnel of the BSF’s 103 Battalion heard a humming and buzzing sound in the air near Rajoke border out post (BoP) in Bhikhiwind sub division of Tarn Taran district at 2am on Saturday and opened fire. (Representational photo/HT)

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In a release, the BSF said that alert personnel of the 103 Battalion heard a humming and buzzing sound in the air near Rajoke border out post (BoP) at 2am. They fired towards the flying object though a search of the area did not yield anything suspicious.

Rajoke was in the news in 2019 when Punjab Police found for the first time that drones were being used by Pakistan to smuggle arms and ammunition through the BoP.

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