Jawan dies in grenade blast in Rajouri

An Army jawan was on Monday killed in a grenade blast in the border belt of Jammu and Kashmir`s Rajouri district.

Jammu: An Army jawan was on Monday killed in a grenade blast in the border belt of Jammu and Kashmir`s Rajouri district.

Jawan Hardev Singh of Sikh Regiment was critically injured in the grenade blast that took place in Chati Bakri forward post along the Indo-Pakistan border in Keri
sub-sector, officials said.

Singh later succumbed to his injuries, they said.

A court of inquiry was ordered into the incident, the officials added.

PTI

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