Srinagar, Sep 12 || A trooper of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in an accidental firing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Officials said on Friday that the BSF man was posted in an artillery battalion of the force in the district, and the incident happened on Thursday.
The trooper, identified as Sandeep Kumar, sustained an injury in his palm at the artillery battalion in the Nowgam area due to accidental firing.
“He was rushed to a hospital in Baramulla, where his condition is stated to be stable,” the officials said.
Jammu and Kashmir has a 740-km-long Line of Control (LoC) and over 240 km-long International Border (IB). The Army guards the LoC while the BSF guards the IB in the union territory.