Defence Ministry denies Pakistan's claims of shooting down Indian 'spy drone'

New Delhi: The Indian Defence Ministry on Wednesday denied Pakistan’s claims of shooting down an Indian "spy" drone.

"Some reports of a drone crash in PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) are being referred to. No drone or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crash of Indian Army has taken place," the defence ministry said in a statement.

Pakistan had claimed that its troops shot down an Indian ‘spy drone’ (Remotely Piloted Vehicle-RPV) near Bhimber across the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday. Military officials in Islamabad said that the Pakistan army’s ‘Mujhahid Force’ shot down the Indian spy drone after seeing it flying over Bhimber in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a brief statement said that the Indian ‘spy drone’ which intruded into Pakistan along the LoC was shot down. It added, “The spy drone is used for aerial photography.”