India’s military is firing air defense missiles over the state of Punjab, a police official in the state told CNN.
Daljinder Singh Dhillon, senior superintendent of police in the city of Pathankot, said firing is also happening from the other side” but that it is unclear whether drones or “something else” is involved.
He said air defense is at work and explosions are “continuously being heard.”
“Our job is to keep people safe, so we had instated a blackout immediately and made sure people were indoors” Dhillon told CNN.
India’s air defenses are active over Jammu, Sunil Bartwal, an Indian army spokesperson in Indian-administered Kashmir told CNN.
The blackout has been in place since about 8 p.m. local time (10:30 a.m. ET).
