In an unprecedented event, a drone was spotted in the residential area of the Indian high commission in Islamabad. The Indian government has raised security concerns with Islamabad regarding the event.
According to reports, this is the first time such an incident involving a drone being spotted inside the Indian commission in Pakistan has happened. Sources informed media that the drone was spotted inside the mission when an event, Bollywood night, was going on.
In a separate event, Border Security Force (BSF) troops fired at a small hexacopter belonging to Pakistan on Friday morning at about 0425 hrs as it was trying to cross the international border in Arnia sector. Due to this firing, it returned back immediately.
It was meant for carrying out surveillance of the area, according to an official statement from BSF. This comes days after Jammu airport was jolted with twin blasts with the help of a low-flying drone. In order to assess the situation, Minister of State Home, will meet IG BSF in Jammu where Reddy will be apprised of the current situation.
Meanwhile, with the reprehensible attack on the Indian Air Force base in Jammu, drones have once again come to the forefront. It is not a subject that is new by any means. Indeed, the government has been proactively working on India’s commercial drone policy for a while. The Drone Ecosystem Policy Roadmap was released in 2019 and it was put out for comments in 2020.
The policy came into effect after being published in the official gazette in 2021. The policy is challenging as it involves laying regulation for a fast-evolving drone landscape and attempts to address frontier issues that are likely to emerge.
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