LoC shelling kills army porter in Uri
Srinagar: An army porter was killed on Monday in cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reports said.
A police official said that Khursheed Ahmad (37) son of Mohammad Shareif of Nawa Runda who was working as a porter with 4- Madras unit, received a bullet injury in the neck and grenade splinters in both legs near Chaukas post when Pakistani army fired at the frontier post.
Khursheed suffered multiple serious wounds in the incident and died on the spot, the official said.
A police party from police post Uroosa has been deputed to the spot for further necessary action, the officer added.
