SRINAGAR: A BSF jawan was today killed after he was shot by a Pakistani sniper from across the Line of Control in Tangdhar, officials said.
Constable S K Murmu (28) succumbed to the “critical” injury of the gun shot wound he suffered in the ceasefire violation incident, they said.
He died at the Army hospital in Srinagar around 8:30 pm.
The officials said that Murmu was deployed at a forward defended location (FDL) along the LoC in Karnah sector of the Tangdhar area, when a sniper shot hit him in the stomach around 4:30 pm. (AGENCIES)
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