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This Article is From Aug 11, 2021

Air Force Initiates Inquiry Into Punjab Drone Crash Incident

The Indian Air Force said the remotely piloted vehicle had developed a technical snag while flying in Punjab's Gurdaspur district and carried out a precautionary landing.

Air Force Initiates Inquiry Into Punjab Drone Crash Incident
Officials are figuring out the cause that led to the drone crash in Punjab.
Gurdaspur, Punjab:

Indian Air Force on Wednesday initiated an inquiry after a drone crashed in Gurdaspur's Malogil village on Tuesday due to a technical snag. The officials are figuring out the cause that led to the incident.

"A remotely piloted vehicle of the Indian Air Force developed a technical snag while flying in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and carried out a precautionary landing. An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause," said IAF.

Earlier on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to seek 25 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and anti-drone gadgets for Border Security Force (BSF) for protection from Pakistan-backed terror forces.

This information pours in after a high alert was sounded in Punjab on Monday after police recovered a tiffin box fabricated into an improvised explosive device (IED) from a village in Amritsar, which they suspect was part of a consignment dropped by a drone from Pakistan.

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