<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, an Army Officer and a soldier were critically injured in a mysterious explosion in the Kalal sector of Nowshera in Rajouri district today. Our correspondent reports that the injured officials were taken to Command Hospital in Udhampur for treatment, but both succumbed to injuries.<br />''<br />''The explosion occurred near the LoC in the Kalal sector of Nowshera this afternoon in which the two Army personnel were injured. Both of them were immediately rushed to the nearest hospital and later referred for treatment to the Army Command Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries and attained martyrdom.<br />''<br />''The exact nature of the blast is not known. The Army team is understood to have stepped on a landmine while patroling at a forward post along the LoC. Meanwhile, the officials have not ruled out the possibility of the use of IED by the terrorists to target the patrol team. Further details are awaited.</span><br />