Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Army jawan killed, another injured in separate blasts in J-K

From Kashmir Live
Agencies
Posted online: May 03, 2011
An Army jawan was killed and a BSF jawan injured in separate blasts in Jammu and Samba districts.JAMMU An Army jawan was killed and a BSF jawan injured in separate blasts in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said here on Tuesday.

Havaldar Sardar Singh of 19 Raj Rifles was repairing a cooler in Arms Maintainance room in army camp in Kharian area when the explosion took place here yesterday, they said.

The jawan died on his way to a hospital, they said, adding that a case has been registered in this regard.

A FLS team on Tuesday visited the spot and collected the explosive sample, Station House officer (SHO), Miran Sahib, Suinil Jasrotia said.

"The blast took place due to some explosive material," he said, adding efforts are on to ascertain the nature of the explosive material.

In another incident, a jawan of 182 battalion of BSF, Lance Naik Dev Singh was cleaning weapons and grenades in forward Border Out Post (BOP) Chak Faqira along the Indo-Pak Border in Samba district on Monday, they said.

As he saw that safety pin of one of the grenade has come out, he threw the device away resulting in the blast, they said.

The injured jawan has been admitted to a hospital.

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