Security forces launch search operation along LoC following Pak drone movement in Poonch

Mendhar/Jammu, Oct 22 (PTI) The security forces launched a search operation in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district following a brief firing by the army troops at a suspected Pakistani drone on Tuesday, officials said.

The drone, however, returned to the Pakistan side after briefly hovering over the Indian territory in Mandhar area, they said.

The officials said the security forces launched a search operation in the forward area due to apprehension of any material being dropped from the drone.NATIONALMENDHAR/JAMMU