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  • Army jawan dies of bullet injury as service weapon goes off accidentally in J&K’s Poonch 

    By PTI

    JAMMU: An Army jawan died of a bullet injury as his service weapon went off accidentally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said.

    The service rifle of the soldier belonging to the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit went off accidentally, resulting in a bullet injury to him, in the border belt of Mankote, the officials said.

    The injured jawan was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”, they said.

    The inquest proceedings have been launched.

    JAMMU: An Army jawan died of a bullet injury as his service weapon went off accidentally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said.

    The service rifle of the soldier belonging to the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles unit went off accidentally, resulting in a bullet injury to him, in the border belt of Mankote, the officials said.

    The injured jawan was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared “brought dead”, they said.

    The inquest proceedings have been launched.

  • Army personnel detained at Srinagar airport for carrying live grenade

    By PTI

    SRINAGAR: An Army jawan was detained at the airport here on Monday after a live grenade was allegedly recovered from his baggage, officials said.

    The jawan has been identified as Balaji Sampath, a resident of Tamil Nadu. He was scheduled to travel from Srinagar to Chennai via Delhi by an Indigo flight.

    “A live hand grenade was recovered during screening from the baggage of the Army jawan,” the officials said. “He has been handed over to Police Post Humhama for further investigation,” the officials said.