This Article is From Oct 27, 2016

Soldier Dies In Jammu And Kashmir's Tangdhar As Army Foils Infiltration Bid

Soldier Dies In Jammu And Kashmir's Tangdhar As Army Foils Infiltration Bid

One soldier had died and one has been injured in the operation in Tangdhar.

Srinagar: Srinagar:  An infiltration bid by terrorists has been foiled in Jammu and Kashmir's Tangdhar sector, the army has said.

The terrorists from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir were trying to slip into the area near the Line Of Control, news agency Press Trust of India quoted an official as saying.

One soldier has died in the operation and one has been injured. The injured soldier has been evacuated, the official said. The operation was in progress and further details were awaited, he added.

Earlier today, a Border Security Force personnel died when Pakistani Rangers fired a mortar shell on a BSF post at Abdullian in RS Pura sector, said Danish Rana, a senior police officer in Jammu. Jitender Singh, 46, is the third BSF man to be killed in Pakistani shelling in last five days.

Eight civilians including four women were also injured in the Pakistani firing today. In the past one week, a six-year-old child was killed and 30 other civilians have been injured in shelling from across the border. The army says Pakistan also violated the ceasefire along the Line Control at Sunderbani and they retaliated.
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