Punjab’s border districts up ante against drone flights : The Tribune India

Ravi Dhaliwal

Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, October 7

The border police districts of Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot have upped their ante keeping in view of the increasing regularity of Pakistan propelled Drones being seen near the International Border (IB).

Gurdaspur SSP Nanak Singh confirmed that two drones were sighted on Tuesday night over Dorangla and Kalanaur townships.

In all, BSF sources claimed there were three violations of Indian air space on Tuesday night. Apart from the double drone sighting made in Guraspur police district, one such machine was spotted in the BSF area of responsibility which extends till Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts. Before this the last such sighting was made by the BSF on September 18 in Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur police district.

A police officer, preferring anonymity, said that the flights of these machines, which are controlled by the Pakistan officials on their side of the IB, had…