Srinagar, June 10 (NVI): Two Army personnel were killed after sustaining critical injuries in an accidental blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kamalkote area of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Wednesday.
Officials that the blast occurred late Tuesday evening, leaving two soldiers critically injured.
The injured personnel were immediately evacuated to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar for advanced treatment, where they later succumbed to their injuries, officials said.
The deceased were identified as Chavan Vikram Balakrishna, a resident of Airoli in Maharashtra, and Arjun Jadhav Rajindra, a resident of Shahpur in Karad tehsil of Satara district, Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, officials said further details regarding the incident are awaited. (NVI)
