Shopian, April 14: Two Army soldiers were killed and as many were injured after the cab they were traveling in to reach the gunfight site in Badigam area of Shopian met with an accident near Kanipora village of the south Kashmir district, reports said.
A police spokesman said that the cab carrying soldiers from44 RR Chowgam Camp was on its way to encounter site at Badigam when the driver lost control over the vehicle due to some technical fault and it skidded off the road.
Four soldiers were injured in the incident two of whom succumbed, the spokesman said.
News agency GNS quoting sources, reported that the deceased soldiers have been identified as Havaldar Ram Avtar and Sepoy Pawan Gautam while the injured have been evacuated to 92 Base Army hospital Srinagar.