Soon after the attack, there was also firing from Pakistan side on forward belt in area triggering panic among the villagers and it concluded late in the evening yesterday, police officials said.
General Officer Commanding, White Knight Corps expressed his deepest condolences to the family of Sepoy Bhikale, who is survived by his wife and a daughter.
Search operations are in progress till the last report came in.
“It was possibly an attack by a BAT of Pak. We are investigating into it”, a senior Army officer told PTI.
The incident took place in Nathu Tibba forward post in Jugwan border belt of Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district, police said.
The deceased Sepoy Bhikale, belonged to 2nd Maratha Light Infantry (MLI) and injured Havaldar Vinood Kumar is of 4-Engineers belonging to Karnataka and Amul Kumar of 2nd Engineers belonging to Kerala.
On May 18 early morning, a group of three infiltrators had entered into this side of LoC and planted an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) near a forward post in Bhimbher Gali belt of Rajouri but alert troops foiled their attack by destroying the IED without any casualty or damage to the property.
On May 10, two militants were killed when they tried to attack a patrol party in a bid to infiltrate into Indian territory along Line of Control (LoC) in Kalsia belt of Poonch district of J&K in which one jawan suffered injuries.
