Poonch, Dec 20: A BSF trooper was seriously injured in a mine blast along Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu on Monday, official sources said.

They said Constable Ajish K of 146 Battalion BSF, deployed at Dogra Tekri, area of Balakot Sector in Poonch district sustained multiple mine blast injuries on his face and both hands while he was on duty at the fence.

He was removed to Udhampur through helicopter, they said.

A police officer told GNS that that condition of the trooper remains serious. gns