Srinagar
A 10-year-old boy was critically injured on Thursday after a live shell exploded near the encounter site at Chaigund village of district Shopian.
Reports said that people were clearing the debris of a house which gutted following an encounter between the government forces and militants on Wednesday evening.
The boy has been identified as Musharaf Ahmed, a local resident of Chaigund Shopian.
He was immediately shifted to Pulwama district hospital where from he was referred to SKIMS Soura in serious conditions.
