An Indian soldier lost his life while two others received injuries in a suspected IED blast along the Line of Control in Pallanwala area of Akhnoor sector in Jammu on Sunday.

The incident took place when soldiers of the Indian Army were moving in a truck ahead of the barbed wire fencing in the area.

According to official sources, “Suspected IED blast was reported around 12 pm in the area in which three soldiers received injuries.”

Earlier, Pakistan Army had initiated “unprovoked” ceasefire violation along the LoC in Shahpur area of Poonch around 10.15 am. In response, Indian Army gave them the befitting reply. In Jammu, Defence PRO Lt-Col Devender Anand said, “One soldier attained martyrdom and two soldiers received injuries in a suspected IED blast in Pallanwala, Akhnoor sector on Sunday.”

However, it was not clear under what circumstances the suspected IED blast happened.

Defence PRO said, “The martyred jawan has been identified as Havaldar Santosh Kumar of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh”. Even as the situation remained tense, alert jawans of the Indian Army are standing tall along the LoC to thwart nefarious designs of the Pakistan army to push armed infiltrators inside the Indian territory. With several infiltration routes getting blocked in North Kashmir region, the infiltration routes along LoC in Rajouri and Poonch are exploited by the terrorist handlers to push their cadre.

On the other hand, there is no respite from unprovoked ceasefire violations as Pakistan army is regularly targeting civilian areas with long range mortar shells.

Hitting back, Indian Army too inflicted heavy causalities on the Pakistan army besides destroying their forward posts and terror camps in the last few days.

A 21-year-old Sepoy Rahul Bhairu, hailing from Karnataka had attained martyrdom in KG sector of Poonch on November 8.

On October 22, Naib Subedar Valte Sunil Ravsaheb from Maharashtra had sacrificed his life along the LoC.