Two Indian Army personnel, including a Major, were injured in an explosion along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu division’s Rajouri district on Thursday, officials said. “A major and a JCO (junior commissioned officer) were injured when they inadvertently stepped on to a landmine along the LoC in Nowshera sector on Thursday morning. They were on a patrol in a forward area,” said a defence official. The injured have been shifted to Command Hospital in Udhampur for treatment. They are stable, he added.Also Read | Indian Coast Guard rescues 9 fishermen, boat drifting in Sri Lankan waters Usually, landmines, which are light in weight, drift away during monsoon and pose a threat to the security personnel on patrol duty. Pakistan-based terrorists with the assistance of Pakistani Army also plant such landmines on Indian soil in a bid to grievously hurt Indian security forces along the LoC. Source: HT
