Overview
- A Junior Commissioned Officer and other soldiers were hurt during an area‑domination patrol in the Kalal area of Nowshera sector, Rajouri, and the injured were evacuated to Udhampur Command Hospital for treatment.
- Reporting differs on the exact cause and number injured, with multiple outlets citing accidental activation of a landmine and others describing an accidental grenade blast.
- Investigators have opened probes to determine the precise cause and have said there is no immediate sign of foul play while enquiries continue.
- Security forces launched cordon-and-search operations after a suspected Pakistani drone was spotted over forward villages in Rajouri, but searches recovered no contraband.
- The Rajouri blast is the latest in a cluster of early‑June incidents along the Line of Control, and officials warn that heavy rain can displace buried anti‑infiltration mines into hazardous 'drift' positions that pose risks to forward patrols.