Suspected drone explosion in Kutch amid India-Pakistan tensions

Around 6 am, a loud noise drew the attention of security forces. A portion of the suspected drone was recovered by air force personnel for investigation

Updated on: May 8, 2025, 15:21:13 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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Ahmedabad: An explosion was reported near the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Khavda region early Thursday morning after an unidentified drone reportedly collided with a high-tension power line.

Teams from the BSF and the Indian Air Force reached the site and recovered a portion of the suspected drone

The incident took place around 6 am, triggering a loud noise that drew the attention of security forces in the area, a local official, who asked not to be named, said.

Following the blast, teams from the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) arrived at the site. A portion of the suspected drone was recovered and confiscated by air force personnel for investigation.

“An explosion was reported in the area. We alerted teams from the BSF and the IAF who reached the spot and found an object resembling a drone. It has been handed over to the Air Force, which is now investigating the matter,” superintendent of police, Kutch (West), Vikas Sunda said.

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The origin of the drone—whether it came from across the international border—remains unconfirmed.

Security forces have intensified surveillance in the region, given Kutch’s proximity to the India-Pakistan border and the ongoing tension between the two countries.

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The recovery of the drone wreckage comes in the backdrop of Wednesday’s Operation Sindoor, which was launched by the Indian armed forces as a response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26. The Indian armed forces targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) early on Wednesday.

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Maulik Pathak
He is an Ahmedabad-based journalist with more than two decades of experience. His career spans business journalism and general news, with reporting across politics, crime, governance, public policy, business, industry, infrastructure, energy, ports, aviation, the environment, wildlife and social issues. He began his career in feature writing before moving into business journalism, reporting on companies and sectors including energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and real estate. Over the years, his work expanded to politics, courts, crime, public policy, civic affairs, the environment and wildlife. His reporting has taken him from government offices and courtrooms to factory floors, ports, forests and remote villages, covering stories that range from industrial investments and financial markets to elections, conservation and issues affecting everyday life. While many assignments demand the pace of the daily news cycle, others require sustained reporting over months and years to follow developments beyond the headlines. He started his journalism career with the Asian Age in Ahmedabad in 2002 as a feature writer and sub-editor. Since 2022, he has been working with Hindustan Times. Earlier, he worked with Business Standard, DNA, The Economic Times, Mint and The Times of India. His longest stint was with Mint, where he spent more than eight years reporting across multiple beats. During his career, he has worked in both reporting and editing roles, contributing to page planning, local editions and special editorial projects as newsrooms evolved from print-first operations to digital publishing. Early in his career, he also worked on media and documentary projects with an NGO and as a copywriter at a communications agency before returning to journalism. Away from work, he sometimes makes time for a pair of binoculars, table tennis, cinema and the occasional poem.Read More

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