Overview
- Officials identified the deceased as Naik Amarjeet Singh, who was on sentry duty at a camp in Jhulass village of Poonch.
- He was shifted to the army’s field hospital for treatment and later succumbed to his injuries.
- Jammu & Kashmir Police have taken cognisance of the case and begun an investigation into the circumstances of the firing.
- The Indian Army guards roughly 740 km of the Line of Control across designated Valley and Jammu districts.
- The Border Security Force secures about 240 km of the international border as security agencies pursue a strategy to dismantle the broader terror ecosystem in the region.