<p>India on Thursday said the drone Pakistan shot down and alleged to be belonging to India was a Chinese one available off the shelf, and added that Islamabad was trying to shift the blame for ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We have seen the pictures. It looks like a Chinese drone, available off the shelf. It is not of Indian design, not of any unmanned aerial vehicle category held in Indian inventory," Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said.<br /><br />There have been at least six violations of the 2003 ceasefire by Pakistan in the past four days. <br /><br />Giving an account of incidents along the Indio-Pak border, he said a Border Security Force personnel was injured in sniper fire on Wednesday, followed by attack with projectile weapons and mortar shells.<br /><br />After mortar shells were fired on a village in Akhnoor on Wednesday, the director general of Border Security Force tried to contact his counterpart across the border but there was no response.<br /><br />India then contacted Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi as well as Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad to contact the Pakistan foreign secretary there.<br />The Indian side was later told that the firing was initiated by Indian troops and an Indian drone was brought down by Pakistan.<br /><br />"The Pakistan government sought to shift the blame on India," the foreign secretary said.<br />Jaishankar also said that Pakistan, after four days, registered protest over an Indian helicopter flying close to the border.<br /><br />"The helicopter flight was in connection with an anti-terrorism operation and well within mutually accepted distance from the border," the Indian foreign secretary said.</p>
<p>India on Thursday said the drone Pakistan shot down and alleged to be belonging to India was a Chinese one available off the shelf, and added that Islamabad was trying to shift the blame for ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"We have seen the pictures. It looks like a Chinese drone, available off the shelf. It is not of Indian design, not of any unmanned aerial vehicle category held in Indian inventory," Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said.<br /><br />There have been at least six violations of the 2003 ceasefire by Pakistan in the past four days. <br /><br />Giving an account of incidents along the Indio-Pak border, he said a Border Security Force personnel was injured in sniper fire on Wednesday, followed by attack with projectile weapons and mortar shells.<br /><br />After mortar shells were fired on a village in Akhnoor on Wednesday, the director general of Border Security Force tried to contact his counterpart across the border but there was no response.<br /><br />India then contacted Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi as well as Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad to contact the Pakistan foreign secretary there.<br />The Indian side was later told that the firing was initiated by Indian troops and an Indian drone was brought down by Pakistan.<br /><br />"The Pakistan government sought to shift the blame on India," the foreign secretary said.<br />Jaishankar also said that Pakistan, after four days, registered protest over an Indian helicopter flying close to the border.<br /><br />"The helicopter flight was in connection with an anti-terrorism operation and well within mutually accepted distance from the border," the Indian foreign secretary said.</p>