Srinagar: An army soldier was wounded in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir last evening.

An army spokesman told a local newspaper that the soldier was on a routine patrol duty in Mendhar sector when he accidentally stepped on a drifted mine, adding that the injured soldier is being shifted to Udhampur Command hospital for treatment today (May 20).