Nishan Singh, sarpanch of Rajoke village on Indo-Pak border in Tarn Taran. (Express Photo: Man Aman Singh) Chhina“No one has come to ask us about the operation of Pakistani drones around our village. Neither the officers of the Border Security Force (BSF) nor the Punjab Police. Are you sure it is our village that is being talked about? There is another Rajoke in Ferozepur,” says Nishan Singh, the Sarpanch of the village currently in the eye of the storm over several drones from across the border dropping a cache of arms and ammunition nearby.
The Sarpanch says that he came to know about arms, ammunition and communication devices being smuggled across the Indo-Pak border via drones and being dumped near his village through the news reports.
“For the past several days we have been reading and hearing news about the drones. But no government official has approached us to ask about it. You are the first person from outside the village to come and ask about it. In fact, I went across to the police post, located in the village, asking about the reports but they told me to speak to officials at the police station in Khalra,” he added.
Nishan Singh stoutly denies that any such activity as “drone drops” could have taken place near the village for several days as was being revealed by the Punjab Police officials, including the Director General, Dinkar Gupta.
“You can yourself see that this area has heavy presence of BSF, which has its posts every few…
