Amid escalating hostilities between India and Pakistan, debris from an unidentified aerial projectile was discovered early Saturday morning in Mughlani Kot village, located in Punjab’s Amritsar district.
Local villagers reported hearing a loud blast around 5 a.m., after which scorched fragments of what is suspected to be a drone or missile were found scattered across an agricultural field. Visuals from the site showed metal debris with surrounding crops visibly burnt.
Sarpanch Gursahib Singh confirmed the blast but added that there were no injuries reported. “It happened at 5 a.m.; afterward I came to know about the blast… no one is injured,” he said. Another resident speculated, “There was a loud blast; we think it was from a drone that was brought down; not much damage has happened.”
“There was a blast and we rushed out; parts of this drone are lying around… What they are doing is wrong; we are giving them a befitting reply,” added another villager.
Authorities have not yet issued an official statement on the nature or origin of the projectile.
This incident follows a similar drone-related explosion in Kanganiwal village of rural Jalandhar, where a resident, Surjeet Kaur, recalled a flash and explosion that damaged water tanks and caused a blackout. “We got scared. Everything was dark,” she said.
These developments come in the wake of heightened cross-border tensions. Early Saturday morning, India launched retaliatory airstrikes on at least four Pakistani airbases after Pakistan targeted 26 Indian locations. Intermittent firing continues at multiple points along the Line of Control (LoC).
In a statement, the Ministry of Defence reported drone sightings at 26 locations along the International Border and LoC, including suspected armed drones. One such drone injured civilians in Ferozpur. “The Indian Armed Forces are maintaining a high state of alert… all such aerial threats are being tracked and engaged,” the Ministry stated, urging residents near the border to remain indoors and follow official safety instructions.
The volatile security environment has prompted widespread alertness across northern India, especially in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir, as military and civilian agencies continue to monitor and respond to aerial threats.