Jammu, March 12: A soldier was injured on Wednesday in suspected sniper fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district.
Officials said that the soldier sustained a suspected sniper fire injury along the LoC in the Kalsian area of the district’s Nowshera sector this morning.
“The injured soldier was immediately airlifted to the Army hospital in Udhampur town. Security forces have started a search operation in the area,” officials said.
Earlier, a soldier was injured in a firing incident from across the LoC in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of the Poonch district.
Pakistan also resorted to unprovoked firing from across the LoC in the Poonch district.
Indian Army had effectively retaliated that firing and casualties had been reported on the Pakistan side of the LoC.
Soldier injured along LoC
