Srinagar/New Delhi, Feb 20 : A BSF soldier was today killed after he was hit by a Pakistani sniper fire from across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tangdhar, officials said.
The sources said the soldier was deployed at a forward defended location (FDL) along the LoC in the area, when a sniper shot hit him in the stomach.
Identified as as S K Murmo, the BSF trooper was shifted to Army Base Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries.
Hailing from Bihar, the jawan had joined BSF in 2013.
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