A soldier of the Indian Army was killed and another wounded in separate anti-personal mine explosions near the line of Control (loC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district while militants targeted a Paramilitary party in the outskirts of capital Srinagar on Saturday.
A police official said that a column of the army was on a routine patrol duty in Gogaldar area when the blasts took place. He said a soldier Abishekh Chhetri sustained multiple splinter injuries and was taken to 168 military hospital in Drugmulla for treatment.
He said another blast occurred near Balbir Post along the loC in Keran sector causing grievous injuries to Rifleman Nihal Gurang. He was airlifted to 92 base hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to injuries.
In another incident, a Special Police Officer (SPO) is reported to have deserted along with one AK-47 rifle from a police station in Shopian town of south Kashmir. Security sources identified the SPO as Showkat Ahmad of Hermain Shopian.
An alert has been sounded by police and manhunt launched to nab the deserted policeman. Unidentified militants attacked paramilitary forces party by hurling a hand grenade towards the CRPF patrol at bye-pass crossing in lasjan area of Srinagar city outskirts late on Saturday.
Security sources said that there was no immediate report of human loss, injury or other damage in the incident.