Rajouri: An Army Major was killed in IED blast near LoC, in the Lam Jhanger area of Nowshera, more details are awaited at the moment. According to reports the officer lost his life while defusing the IED.
Reports suggest that the explosives were planted by intruders from Pakistan and the officer martyred was from the Corps of Engineers.
The blast occurred hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the security situation. The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. In the meet, the top security officials briefed Singh about the security situation in India.
Less than 2 days ago, at least 40 CRPF troopers were killed and some 20 others injured when a van packed with explosives reportedly rammed into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In the deadliest attack ever on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, a Jaish suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into a CRPF convoy of 70 vehicles in Pulwama district.
The attack took place when the CRPF was moving 2,547 CRPF jawans/officers in two convoys moving close to each other from Jammu to South Kashmir in 78 vehicles including, buses, armoured vehicles and jeeps.
According to reports, two army personnel which included a major lost their live to an IED attack in the same sector, earlier in January.
This is a breaking story, the page will be updated with more information, more details are awaited.
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