In another similar incident, an Army soldier was killed after a group of militants attacked army’s patrol along Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Saturday night.Official sources told GNS that a group of militants opened fire upon army’s patrolling party of 23 Grenadier (under 268 Infantry pision) at Mundian forest in Keran sector late last night.“In the attack an army soldier Sepoy Rahul Kumar, 22, (Belt no. 270831 P) sustained critical bullet injuries”, sources said, adding that the injured soldier was immediately shifted to army hospital in Drugmulla in the district where from he was airlifted to army’s 92 base hospital here in Srinagar.
However, today morning the injured soldier succumbed to injuries, they said.Kumar, a resident of Bulandsahar in Utter Pradesh and his body is being sent to his native village, they said.They said that the militant group believed to be 4-5 in number managed to escape after carrying out the attack. However, an extra contingent of forces rushed to the area to combat the militants hiding in the area.A senior defence official while confirming the death of a soldier told GNS that the operation in the area is still in progress to trace down the militant group. (GNS)