Pardafas Reporter
Junior Commissioned Officer Bhagwan Singh and Indian Army Captain Anand, who died in an accidental grenade blast along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Sunday
An army captain and a junior commissioned officer (JCO) were killed in an accidental grenade blast along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Monday, July 18.
The blast occurred when the Indian army troops were performing their duties in the Mendhar sector late Sunday night, Public Relations Officer (Defence) Jammu Lt Col Devender Anand said.
It resulted in injuries to Captain Anand and JCO Naib Subedar Bhagwan Singh. Though they were immediately evacuated by helicopter to Command Hospital in Udhampur, they succumbed to injuries during treatment, he said.
Captain Anand hails from the Champa Nagar area in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district and Naib Subedar Bhagwan Singh is from Pokhar Bhitta village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district.
