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Jawan injured in landmine blast along Mendhar LoC

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 5/16/2019 12:33:34 PM

MENDHAR, May 15: An army man was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district of Jammu region on Wednesday.
Official sources told KTNS that the soldier namely Sepoy Shivling Appa of 12 Madras Regiment was on routine patrol duty in forward area of Deri Dabasi in Mendhar sector when he accidentally stepped on a mine near the (LoC).
“In the incident, the soldier sustained serious injuries in his legs,” they said. The injured soldier was evacuated to a nearby health facility where from he was later airlifted to army’s command hospital in Udhampur.