Overview

• The explosion occurred Monday evening inside the 16th Rashtriya Rifles camp at Draba in Surankote, Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir.
• Officials said the device went off around 7:45 pm while the soldier was on sentry duty inside the camp.
• Initial reports point to mishandling of a grenade, though the precise cause remains under official investigation.
• Accounts differ on whether the soldier died at the scene or succumbed to injuries after being moved to a hospital.
• Police and senior Army officers inspected the site, and the body is to be sent to the soldier’s hometown after legal formalities.