SRINAGAR: An Indian Army soldier was killed while foiling an infiltration bid by terrorists from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district early on Monday.

Pakistani troops opened fire upon the Jal LP post along the LoC to facilitate the infiltrators to the Indian side of the border, sources said. In the exchange of fire, Sepoy Pushpendra Singh — from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh — sustained critical injuries. Singh was rushed to the 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar ’s Badamibagh, where he succumbed around 3.30pm.

“#ChinarCorpsCdr & All ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of Sep Pushpendra Singh, who laid down his life in foiling infiltration bid in #Tangdhar Sector on 13 Aug 18 and offer condolences to the family,” the Srinagar army headquarters wrote on Twitter.

