Kathmandu, June 14 -- A serious breach of sovereign airspace has occurred in the remote northwestern frontier of Nepal, after an Indian military helicopter carrying a high-ranking security official flew deep into Nepali territory without permission.

The incident, classified by security experts as a direct airspace violation, took place on June 10 at approximately 10:00 am. According to the district administration and security agencies in Darchula, the military chopper was transporting Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor, the director-general of India's Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The aircraft bypassed the standard border routes, entering the sovereign Nepali airspace in ward 1 of Byas Rural Municipality and flying directly over the village of...