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Army jawan injured in Pak sniper fire in Rajouri

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 2/10/2019 2:30:00 PM

RAJOURI, Feb 9: An army soldier was critically injured in cross LoC sniper fire in along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera area of Rajouri in Jammu region on Saturday.
In the incident, a Sepoy identified as Satish Kumar suffered critical bullet wounds in his abdomen. He was airlifted to Army’s command hospital in Udhampur for treatment where his condition was said to be critical.
Station House Officer (SHO) Nowshera Mohammad Amin Malik also confirmed the incident. He stated that Pakistan army in “violation of ceasefire” attacked the army post of 24 MLI Regiment at Kalal along the border in Nowshera sector. “An army soldier was hit by the sniper fire from across the border,” he said.