Man injured in mine blast in Poonch

Mendhar/Jammu, Aug 16 (PTI) A 45-year-old man was injured in a mine blast in the forward area of Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir”s Poonch on Friday, officials said.

Mohammad Safeer stepped on a mine in the forward area of LoC in Dehri village of Mendhar tehsil resulting in a blast, they said.

He was injured and hospitalised in a military hospital in Rajouri, they said.

His foot was blown up, they said.