DHAKA: India’s army clashed with militants in Indian Kashmir close to the disputed border between India and Pakistan, leaving one Indian soldier dead.

An Indian military official said Sunday, reports The Straits Times.

Soldiers encountered the militants, who had crossed the de facto border into Indian Kashmir’s Keran sector, some 150km north-west of the main city of Srinagar, on Saturday night, the official said.

‘In the resultant exchange of fire between army and terrorists, one soldier was injured who succumbed later (to his injuries),’ India’s defense spokesman Colonel NN Joshi said.

Col Joshi said another soldier was injured in a different clash with suspected militants on Sunday morning in a nearby forested area.

BDST: 2036 HRS, AUG 24, 2014