Army officer suffers gunshot injury in J-K's Ladakh

An Army officer was injured in a firing incident in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a defence spokesman said

"An officer deployed in the Pratap Pur Sector suffered gunshot wound at around 1050 hours today (Friday)," Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said.

He said the injured officer was immediately evacuated to a nearby military hospital and is under treatment.

Details of the incident are being ascertained, the spokesman said.