One IAF soldier killed, five injured as terrorists ambush convoy in Poonch
The convoy has been secured, and further investigation is under progress, the IAF said.
A civilian injured in firing near an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, died on Saturday at a hospital in Srinagar.
Ishfaq Ahmad Ganai was injured in the firing near the camp of Army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles unit at Chattergam area of Budgam in central Kashmir on Friday, a police official said.
Doctors at the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) said Ganai who was admitted on Friday with critical injuries succumbed earlier in the day.
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Ganai was injured the firing that took place in Chattergam area.
Local residents had accused the Army of opening unprovoked fire that led to Ganai getting injured.
However,Srinagar-based defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said the Army did not open fire and the civilian was injured in a “terrorist committed atrocity”.
“In a case of terrorist committed atrocity,Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie of Magraypora was shot at by the terrorists, 500-600 metres away from Army camp at Chhatargam,” Kalia said in a statement.
He said when the Army troops heard the sound of the firing, the Quick Reaction Team immediately rushed towards the direction of the fire to find out what was happening.
“When the party reached the spot, they saw Ishfaq in a pool of blood. He had bullet injuries, one in head and the other in leg and was immediately taken to Chhatargam hospital from where doctors shifted him to SMHS,” Kalia said.
The defence spokesperson said the reports of “the individual lobbing a grenade on the Army camp and the Army retaliation are completely baseless”.
Police have registered a case and initiated investigations in the matter, the police official said.
(With agency inputs)
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