Pakistani helicopter violates Indian airspace in J-K's Poonch, reports say PoK PM was aboard
Official sources said a white-colour chopper crossed into this side in Gulpur sector and hovered for sometime before turning back.
Pakistani helicopter violated Indian air space on Sunday along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector. According to reports from Pakistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s prime minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan was travelling in the helicopter.
Defence spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said the helicopter violated the airspace around 12:10 pm.
Indian troops fired at the helicopter with small arms, he said. The helicopter withdrew into Pakistani territory after five minutes, the spokesman added.
Official sources said a white-colour chopper crossed into this side in Gulpur sector and hovered for sometime before turning back.
According to the LoC agreement, the no aerial object could come within the 5 kilometres of the line of control on each side. But the Pakistani chopper violated the agreement and entered Indian air space and stayed there for almost 2:30 mins, the sources said.