Poonch, Nov 18: An army captain was injured in a blast while handling a grenade at a post on Line of Control in Balakot sector of Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday.

They said the incident occurred at about 1230 hours last night and a Captain of (19 Kamoon) namely Saurav Kumar was injured.

He was shifted to Army Hospital Rajouri for treatment, the officials said.