India claimed late on Saturday to have shot down a Pakistani drone over the border state of Rajasthan, according to a statement by the army.
The army claimed that the drone is the third Pakistan unmanned air vehicle (UAV) shot down by India since tensions escalated between the two nuclear neighbors following a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region.
The Pakistani drone is said to have entered Indian airspace and was “engaged and brought down,” according to the Indian army.
On Feb. 26, India claimed to have killed “several terrorists” in a “preemptive action” on a camp of JeM inside Pakistani territory.
However, Islamabad denied there had been any casualties, saying Indian troops intruded into Pakistan’s airspace and dropped four bombs at empty forestland.
Relations between the two countries further soured when warplanes from both sides engaged in a dogfight along the border of disputed Kashmir on Feb. 27. India and Pakistan claimed to have downed each other's planes and an Indian pilot was captured.
A day later, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan announced to release the captured Indian pilot in what he called “as a peace gesture”.
