STATE TIMES NEWS
KUPWARA: An Army soldier lost his life in a landmine blast in the Kupwara district, officials said here on Tuesday. Havildar Zubair Ahmad of the Army’s 13 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was injured in a land mine blast at Putaha Khan Gali in the Trehgam area of the border district on Monday, they said.
Officials said the injured soldier was rushed to a military hospital at Drugmulla but was declared dead on arrival.