Jammu-Kashmir: Defence guard injured in firing incident in Udhampur district

Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and further details are awaited.

In a firing incident in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, a village defence guard (VDG) member was injured on early Sunday. 

The firing was reported from Panara village of Basantgarh when a patrolling party of VDGs confronted some suspiciously moving persons, believed to be terrorists, in a forest area, they said.

Reinforcements have been rushed to the area and further details are awaited.

With inputs from IANS. 

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