Jawan killed as Army foils infiltration bid along LoC

August 13, 2018 22:57

A jawan was killed as the army today foiled an infiltration bid by terrorists in the Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

In a separate incident, another soldier was killed in a blast in Uri sector last evening, they said.

An army official said Sepoy Pushpendra Singh laid down his life while foiling an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Tangdhar.

A wreath laying ceremony will be held for Sepoy Pushpendra Singh at the Badamibagh Army headquarters in Srinagar tomorrow, the official said.

In another incident, a jawan -- Kuldeep Singh Rawat of 4 Garhwal rifles, was killed in the Uri sector yesterday in a blast, a police official said.

It was not immediately clear as to how the blasts took place, he added.

Earlier, an official had said that Pushpendra Singh had also lost his life in a blast. -- PTI

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