Overview
- A grenade detonated during a routine weapon-handling drill near a forward post in the Malti sector close to the Line of Control on Friday, injuring two Indian Army personnel.
- The wounded were identified in reports as Lance Naik Ravinder Bhera and Agniveer Shakti Prasad and were first treated at the 425 Field Hospital in Poonch before being air-evacuated to the Northern Command Hospital in Udhampur for specialised care.
- Accounts of the soldiers' condition differ across outlets, with NDTV reporting their state as serious after initial treatment and officials quoted by WION saying both are in stable condition.
- The army confirmed the accident and ordered a Court of Inquiry to determine the circumstances and any lapses in handling or procedure.
- The blast follows a separate accidental grenade explosion in the Uri/Baramulla area days earlier that killed two soldiers, a recurrence that may prompt closer scrutiny of training and ammunition-handling rules along forward posts.