Chandigarh: For the third time in a week, a suspectedPakistani drone was spotted flying over Hussainiwala village of Punjab'sFerozepur district.

According to the Border Security Force, the drone was firstspotted around 7:15 pm on Wednesday, then it was noticed by the securitypersonnel and later by the local villagers.

The Punjab Police said that they are investigating thematter. The drone was earlier spotted hovering over two villages along theIndia-Pakistan border in Hussainiwala area in Punjab on Tuesday.That was thesecond time when the suspected Pakistani drone was spotted.Villagers hadcaptured pictures of the drone on their mobiles.

Its first sighting was reported in Hazarasingh Wala villageat 7.20 pm and later in Tendiwala village at 10.10 pm on Tuesday. Earlier, thesighting of a Pakistani drone was observed thrice in the same area on Mondaynight.

Punjab Police have already launched elaborate investigationsto account for the weapons consignments apparently smuggled into India fromacross the border by the two drones recovered near the India-Pakistan borderover the last around one month.Police teams are also on the job to ascertainthe links of the terror groups involved in sending these drones from Pakistan,a Punjab Police spokesperson had said on September 27.

Investigations so far suggest that several Pakistan-basedterrorist groups were engaged in s1muggling weapons into India since August,post the abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir.

The Punjab Police believes that the drones were apparentlysent by different terror groups, linked with the Pakistan ISI, and theState-sponsored Jihadi and pro-Khalistani terrorist outfits working under itscommand.