Indian Army JCO hit by sniper fire from across the border on Poonch border,J&K



A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of Indian army was injured after being hit by sniper fire from across the border on Wednesday.
Sources said that JCO Dewan Singh of 12 Jat regiment was hit on his chest in Gulpur sector of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
He was airlifted to an army hospital in Udhampur for treatment, they said.

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