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The drone was found by the farmer early on March 19 in a field just 300 metres away from the international border, the officials said.

The Punjab Frontier officials said that the troopers heard the humming sound of a flying object during the early hours and the object was fired upon.

This expedition also aims to forge positive visibility of women, so as to encourage young girls and women across the country in stepping up for take on major roles in shaping the future of the nation as well as to join the ranks of BSF.

The BSF personnel found that a small bag (green coloured) was attached to the drone which contained four packets in yellow wrapping and one small packet in black colour wrapping was recovered. It is suspected to be contraband.

"In an unfortunate incident, 5 BSF troops were injured on 06.03.2022 due to fratricide committed by Ct Satteppa S K at HQ 144 Bn Khasa, Amritsar. Ct Satteppa S K was also injured in the incident," the BSF officials here.

This comes 10 days after police recovered a huge consignment of arms and ammunition dropped by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot, The Resistance Front, by a drone in the same area in R S Pura sector.

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The boat is equipped with medical oxygen cylinders, a drip system, emergency medicines, a doctor, paramedical staff and stretchers.

The BSF is presently deployed in insurgency-hit Malkangiri and Koraput districts of Odisha and Kanker, Narayanpur and Kondagoan districts in the neighbouring state.

Asked about the drone threats on LoC, the IG BSF said that it guards 96 kms of LoC in Kashmir and the drone threat was real.

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BSF said it reiterated that these types of activities from Pak side is unacceptable. BSF also strictly objected to the drone ops carried out by Pak regularly violating the International Border (IB). Other issues like construction work by Pak Rangers close to IB, intrusion of IB by Pak elements were also discussed.

The Border Security Force's women contingent 'Seema Bhawani' is all set to showcase its stunts on Rajpath on Republic Day parade this year! More than 100 female troops of different ranks of the BSF are undergoing grueling training to perfect their skills for the big day.

Eight Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two 7.62 mm cartridges, an INSAS magazine, codex wire and Maoist uniform and literature were among the items that were seized, it said.