India News | Forest Department Employee, Injured in Militant Attack in J-K's Pulwama, Dies

Srinagar, Jul 19 (PTI) A forest guard, injured in a militant attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, died at a hospital here on Wednesday, officials said.

Militants had fired upon a team of forest department employees who had set up a checkpoint to apprehend timber smugglers near the Bangender Bridge in the south Kashmir district on Tuesday night, they said.

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In the incident, two employees were injured.

The injured -- Imran Yousaf Wani and Jahangir Ahmed Chechi -- were taken to a hospital, wherefrom Wani, who had received a bullet injury on his thigh, was shifted to SMHS Hospital here.

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Chechi had minor injuries and was discharged after first-aid, the officials said.

However, Wani died at the SMHS hospital, the officials said and added that a case has been registered and an investigation is underway.

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