Indian Armyman was killed in cross border firing along the Line of Control

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was killed on Sunday in a cross border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an Indian defence spokesman said.

He blames that Naib Subedar Rajwinder Singh was critically injured in the firing by the Pakistan army. Singh later succumbed to injuries, the spokesman said.

Singh is survived by his wife and two children — a son and a daughter, the spokesman said, adding his mortal remains would be taken to his home town Amritsar in Punjab on Monday morning.

The sources said Pakistani troops also suffered casualties in the retaliatory action by the Indian Army.