Indian Air Forces (IAF) on Wednesday sent back Pakistani jets, which were seen very close to Line of Control (LoC) in their own territory, along borders in Jammu.
As per reliable sources, Indian radars detected Pakistanijets flying close to Line of Control in bordering Rajouri-Poonch districts.
“The incident tookplace at around 11.30 am, when Indian radars detected a Pakistani jets flyingclose to LoC, the aggressive Combat Air Patrol (CAP) immediately scrambled inresponse after which the Pakistani jets retreated further into theirterritory,” sources said.
“The reaction time for the action is in fraction ofmilliseconds and air force successfully foiled attempt of Pakistan,” sourcessaid.
“For next 15-20 minutes aircrafts of Indian Air Forcehovered in skies of bordering Poonch-Rajouri districts and carried out anaggressive Area Domination Patrol,” sources added.
Panic also gripped bordering areas after villagers noticedthe flying jets.
“We were scared after aggressive movement of aircrafts. Werushed to police for information and got to know that our own jets are onpatrol,” said a villager.
Meanwhile, Jammu based defence spokesperson said thatPakistan did not violate Indian air space.
This was the second incident on border in less than 48hours. Earlier on Monday morning radar had detected four Pakistani F-16s flyingclose to the Indian border in Punjab’s Khemkaran sector.