Jawan injured in mine blast along LoC in Poonch

JAMMU: A soldier was seriously injured when he accidentally stepped on a landmine along the Line of Control (LoC) in the border district of Rajouri on Sunday.

The mishap happened when the jawan accidentally stepped on a “drifted landmine” in the forward area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri district, a police source said.

The soldier was immediately rushed to the Military Hospital, where his condition is stated to be stable.

CEASEFIRE VIOLATION

Pakistani troops on Sunday violated ceasefire by targeting forward villages and posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, police said.

The firing from small and heavy weapons from across the border in the Khari Karmara sector started around 5.25pm and continued for 15 minutes, a police official said.

However, there was no report of casualty in the cross-border firing, the official said, adding that Indian troops also fired in retaliation.

Twenty people — 11 security personnel and nine civilians — have been killed and over 75 others injured in Pakistani shelling along the LoC and the International Border (IB) in Jammu division since the beginning of this year.

ACCORDING TO POLICE SOURCES, MISHAP TOOK PLACE WHEN THE JAWAN ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON A DRIFTED LANDMINE