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Minutes after PM’s address, Pak drones spotted along IB in Samba, Jammu; Indian forces open fire

Minutes after PM’s address, Pak drones spotted along IB in Samba, Jammu; Indian forces open fire

Jammu, May 12 (UNI) Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, Pakistani drones were spotted along the International Border in Samba and Jammu districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night.
“Pakistani drones were spotted in border villages of Samba and Jammu late on Monday evening,” official sources said.
“Our troops on seeing the Pakistan drones engaged them.”
Meanwhile, the Indian Army said, “A small number of suspected drones were observed near Samba in J&K. Being engaged. There is no need to be alarmed.”
Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a tense spell of cross-border shelling over the past fortnight and the situation escalated on May 7 following 'Operation Sindoor' — which targeted terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir.
The strikes were launched in response to the deadly attack in Pahalgam that left 26 civilians dead.
However, after days of shelling and exchanges of fire, India and Pakistan on Saturday evening, agreed to a ceasefire, providing a breather to residents in the border areas who had been caught in the crossfire and migrated to safer locations.
PM Modi in his address, however, said, “I also want to tell the world community, if we talk to Pakistan it will only be on the issue of terrorism, and it will only be about Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.”
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