Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 2: An Army jawan was killed and six others were injured when an explosive device they had recovered in Pyongyang lake area near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) went off in their camp on July 29.
Sources said that on July 29, 23 Punjab Regiment patrol party recovered a Chinese army device some 20 to 30 kilometers ahead of Pyongyang lake.
The patrol party brought the device in their barrack and it went off killing an Army jawan and injuring six others. The dead Army jawan has been identified Gurpreet Singh son of Teja Singh of Punjab.
The patrol had gone to the area under the supervision of Lt Colonel Mithun Chatterji, head of the unit.
However, Army is tight lipped about the incident.
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