An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army drifted into Pakistan’s Nikial Sector due to some technical snag during a training mission on Friday morning, where the Pakistani troops recovered it.
“The mini-UAV on a training mission drifted into the Pakistan-controlled Nikial Sector, opposite our Bhimber Gali Sector in the Poonch district,” a defence spokesman said and added that a hotline message has been sent to the Pakistan Army to return the UAV.
Giving details of the incident, the spokesman said: “At 9.25 am, a mini-UAV on a training mission well within the Indian territory lost control due to a technical malfunction and drifted into the Nikial Sector of Pakistan opposite our Bhimber Gali Sector. As per media inputs, Pak troops have recovered the same. A hotline message has been sent to the Pakistan Army to return the UAV.”