BREAKING: Army officer killed in an explosion in Rajouri

Jammu: One Army officer was killed in an explosion in the Rajouri sector along the Line of Control, on Saturday.

The Major-rank army officer was killed while defusing an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) which had been planted by terrorists.

The officer is from the Corps of Engineers. The IED was planted 1.5 kms inside the Line of Control in the Naushera sector, Rajouri district.

More details are awaited.

With inputs from ANI.