Jawan injured in IED blast on Pakistan border

A BSF jawan was "seriously" injured in an IED blast ahead of the fence along the India-Pakistan international border in Punjab on Wednesday. It is the first such instance at this front that a dangerous concoction of explosives and shrapnel was used in a bid to kill and maim.

A BSF party was undertaking an "area domination" patrol ahead of the fence during the night and it detected "multiple" (about two IEDs according to preliminary inputs) IEDs "well inside" the Indian territory. While cordoning off and sanitising the area during an "area domination" patrol, the detonating device of some of the IEDs which was concealed accidentally got triggered, resulting in a serious leg injury to the BSF jawan, a statement by the force said.