{"id":347734,"date":"2024-02-16T00:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T06:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=347734"},"modified":"2024-02-16T01:04:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T06:34:30","slug":"indian-army-fires-upon-pakistani-uavs-in-poonch-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/indian-army-fires-upon-pakistani-uavs-in-poonch-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Army fires upon Pakistani UAVs in Poonch region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JK.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347737\" width=\"484\" height=\"321\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Army troops engaged Pakistani quadcopters by opening fire in the Balnoi-Mendhar and Gulpur sectors in Poonch district.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flying objects, suspected to be surveillance drones from Pakistan, briefly entered Indian territory but retreated upon facing gunfire. Following the encounter, a search operation was initiated in both sectors to ensure no weapons or narcotics were dropped by the quadcopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, the troops observed two quadcopters entering the Mendhar area around 6.30 am, prompting the Indian forces to open fire. Similarly, in the Gulpur sector, a couple of quadcopters were spotted around the same time, and firing by Indian troops compelled them to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident follows a similar event on February 12 when Army troops fired on an enemy drone detected in the Mendhar sector.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of drones by Pakistan to drop narcotics and weapons in Jammu and Kashmir has raised concerns, leading the local authorities, including the Jammu and Kashmir Police, to announce a cash reward of \u20b9 three lakh for information on drones flown from across the border with the intent of smuggling illicit items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Army troops engaged Pakistani quadcopters by opening fire in the Balnoi-Mendhar and Gulpur sectors in Poonch district.\u00a0 The flying objects, suspected to be surveillance drones from Pakistan, briefly entered Indian territory but retreated upon facing gunfire. Following the encounter, a search operation was initiated in both sectors to ensure no weapons or narcotics were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":347737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[17813,16061,16561,17943],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347739,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347734\/revisions\/347739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/347737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}