Jammu: One army jawan was killed when lightning struck a forward area in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.
The lightning struck Dobi-Sujiwan area in Mendhar border belt in which the jawan, Sepoy Mohmmad Iqbal, was critically injured, the officials said.
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He succumbed to injuries later, they said.
One other person was injured in the strike, they said.
PTI