n A soldier of the Indian army succumbed to his bullet injuries in the firing incident inside the Sunjwan army camp on the outskirts of Jammu on Monday.
According to official sources, a few rounds were fired at Sunjwan Military Station at around 10.50 a.m. in which one soldier received critical injuries. Sources claimed the soldier had received a gunshot injury on his forehead.
Following the incident, a joint team of security forces immediately rushed to the spot to conduct search operations in the area. House-to-house searches were conducted to rule out the presence of terrorists in the close vicinity of the Sunjwan Army camp. The army camp is surrounded by residential areas on all sides.
High alert was also sounded in the entire Jammu city and traffic was diverted to prevent injuries to the common citizens. Several security checkpoints were activated to enhance the general vigil in crowded places.
After thorough investigations, the Indian army late Monday evening clarified, " Initial investigations by the Indian Army suggest that the incident in which a soldier lost his life in the morning is not a terror attack. The cause of the death of the soldier is being investigated".
The deceased soldier has been identified as Naik Kuldeep Singh from Punjab. Earlier on 10 February 2018, JeM terrorists attacked the Sunjawan military camp in Jammu, which led to the killing of six soldiers, a civilian, and three terrorists. Around 20 people, including soldiers and civilians, were also injured in the attack.
In a separate search operation launched by the Border Security Force (BSF), Police Component Jammu, and Samba Police, three pistols were recovered suspected to have been dropped by a drone from across the border in Ramgarh Sector of district Samba. According to a police spokesman, "On creditable input regarding the drone activity in the Mallu Chack area, a joint ambush by BSF, PC Jammu and Samba Police was laid in the area. On hearing the humming sound of the drone coming from the Pak side, security personnel fired some rounds towards the direction of the humming sound and pushed the drone back to the Pak side".
After spotting suspected drone movement, a thorough search operation was launched in the general area of Mallu Chack and three pistols were recovered suspected to be dropped by the drone.
