Young shepherd injured in mine blast in Poonch.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MAY 25:–A 25-year-old shepherd received critical injuries in his right foot & leg w hen he inadvertently put his foot on an abandoned mine ahead of the fence while grazing his goats near his village Qasba in the Poonch district.
The incident took place at about 3.30 pm and the injured has been identified as Mohd Javed Iqbal s/o Mohd Sharief resident of Mohalla Sakiwala (Qasba).
Mohd Javed was grazing his goats in the forest ahead of the fence along LoC near his village when an abandoned mine blast took place.
He was rushed to a nearby army health facility and was provided initial treatment.
Later Mohd Javed was shifted to Raja Sukhdev Singh District Hospital at Poonch with the help of the army for further specialised treatment.
As Javed belongs to a poor Gujjar family, the local unit provided the family with financial assistance of Rs 20000/-