Indian Army chopper strays into PoK; crew held

Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday took into custody four soldiers aboard an Indian chopper which violated its airspace. An Indian Army helicopter strayed into Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) due to bad weather.

The Cheetah helicopter was forced by the Pakistani Air Force to land and all four on board were taken into custody, local media reported quoting military sources.

According to sources in the Northern Command, two helicopters were flying from Kargil to Leh. However, due to bad weather one of the choppers strayed into PoK and was forced to land there by Pakistani forces.

External affairs minister SM Krishna said that officials of Indian High Commission are talking to their Pakistan counterparts to resolve the matter.