An army soldier was injured in a suspected sniper fire from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Wednesday.
Sources said the soldier was manning a forward post in the Kalsiyan area of the Nowshera sector when a sniper fire hit him.
The soldier sustained bullet injury and was evacuated to a military hospital in Udhampur for advanced treatment.
The injured soldier was identified as Man Kumar Bega.
The cause of the firing was under investigation.
Sources said an explosion was also reported along the zero line in the area around 6 am followed by three rounds of gunfire.
However, there was no immediate report of any casualty in the blast, the cause of which is not known immediately, the officials said.
The sniping incident in Rajouri comes two weeks after suspected terrorists fired upon an Army vehicle in a village in the Sunderbani sector near the Line of Control in the district.
The Army convoy was passing through Phal village in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri when the suspected terrorists fired a few shots at the vehicle. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.