A 40-year-old man suffered critical injury in sniper attackfrom across the Line of Control (LoC) in Lam Pukharni village of Nowsherasector in Rajouri district on Thursday.
A police official said that Mohammad Altaf son of MohammadBashir of Pukharni was taken to Nowshera hospital from where he was referred toGovernment Medical College Jammu.
He said that Altaf suffered a bullet injury in his throatafter a brief exchange of small arms fire when he was targeted by sniperssitting across the LoC.