Srinagar:
One Army jawan has been killed while three others injured in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district.
The encounter started after security forces laid a cordon around a residential house where three militants are believed to be holed up.
The encounter comes a day after an Army jawan was killed and two others injured in the first major incident of firing by Pakistani troops at the border.
The Army said a patrol party was targeted by landmines and firing by a group of unidentified armed personnel or militants who were trying to cross over. The incident took place at 10 am on Sunday, when a team of the Maratha Light Infantry went to rescue a soldier, Vinod Kumar, who was injured in a landmine blast at the Pallanwalla sector near the Line of Control.
The landmine was allegedly planted by militants who ran towards a Pakistani post when Indian troops fired at them.
Pakistani troops allegedly opened fire and wounded three soldiers. One of them, Sepoy Bhikale Uttam Balu, later died.
The encounter started after security forces laid a cordon around a residential house where three militants are believed to be holed up.
The encounter comes a day after an Army jawan was killed and two others injured in the first major incident of firing by Pakistani troops at the border.
The Army said a patrol party was targeted by landmines and firing by a group of unidentified armed personnel or militants who were trying to cross over. The incident took place at 10 am on Sunday, when a team of the Maratha Light Infantry went to rescue a soldier, Vinod Kumar, who was injured in a landmine blast at the Pallanwalla sector near the Line of Control.
The landmine was allegedly planted by militants who ran towards a Pakistani post when Indian troops fired at them.
Pakistani troops allegedly opened fire and wounded three soldiers. One of them, Sepoy Bhikale Uttam Balu, later died.
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