Drone shot down last year flown in China and Pakistan: BSF

A drone shot down by the Border Security Force along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab last year had "footprints" and was earlier flown in China and Pakistan, a BSF spokesperson said on Wednesday quoting a forensic analysis report.

The quadcopter was downed on December 25, 2022, near the Rajatal border post in Punjab's Amritsar district. ET first reported on January 2 this year that drones shot down near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab had Chinese links and were concentrated in four border districts of Punjab.

A forensic analysis found that the drone flew in Feng Xian district in China's Shanghai on June 11, 2022, and later it was flown 28 times within Khanewal district of Punjab in Pakistan from September 24, 2022, to December 12, 2022, said the spokesperson. A first information report (FIR) on the illegal activity of the drone and its shooting on the Indian side was filed by the BSF with the Amritsar district police last year, he said.

BSF has set up a forensic analysis laboratory for drones in Delhi.