Rajnath Singh meets cop, jawan injured in gunbattle with terrorists

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited AIIMS in New Delhi on Saturday and met an injured Jammu and Kashmir police constable Mohammad Salim and BSF jawan Ashok Kumar. Salim was a part of the Jammu and Kashmir Police team that participated in a gunbattle with Pakistani terrorists in the Panzla forest area in Rafiabad, 85 km from Srinagar on Thursday. [caption id=“attachment_2413466” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Rajnath Singh. Reuters[/caption] He was injured during firing and brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the capital for better treatment. Kumar, a Border Security Force (BSF) trooper, was wounded during an ambush in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected area of Malkangiri, Odisha, and was brought to AIIMS. Rajnath Singh wished them a speedy recovery. IANS