Soldier killed, 3 hurt in Kulgam IED blast Shaurya awardee case: NIA takes up probe
SRINAGAR: A soldier was killed and 3 others injured in an IED explosion triggered by militants in J&K’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, police said. 4 soldiers of an Army patrol team sustained splinter injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast inside an abandoned building of a school at Subhanpora in Kulgam district, a police spokesman said here. The injured soldiers were provided first aid locally and then evacuated to 92 Base Hospital here. One of the injured soldiers succumbed at the hospital, the spokesman added.
NEW DELHI: The NIA on Wednesday took over the probe in the murder case of Shaurya Chakra awardee Balwinder Singh Sandhu, gunned down by 2 bike-borne men under a conspiracy by Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorists and ISI handlers, an official said. Sandhu, 62, was shot dead by 2 unidentified men early on October 16, 2020 at the residence-cum-school run by him in Punjab's Tarn Taran district. The assailants, after committing the murder, had immediately escaped on a motorcycle. A case was filed under IPC and Arms Act sections.