Jammu, Jul 14 A soldier was injured when he was reportedly shot by a Pakistani sniper in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said today.

He suffered a bullet injury in his upper body area and was shifted to the Command Hospital Udhampur

This is the second such incident of snipping  in a week  along LoC.  On July 7, an army jawan was injured reportedly in Pakistani sniper firing in Rajouri district’s Nowshera sector.

52 people, including 24 security personnel,  have died  this year in more than 1,250 ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the LoC and International Border (agencies)