TIL Desk/National/Srinagar/ There’s been a grenade attack at the main bus stand in Jammu leaving a several people injured, police said. The injured have been admitted to hospital and believed to be out of danger. The area has been cordoned off by security personnel. Eyewitnesses say there was a loud noise, similar to a tyre being burst, and at least 18 people were injured.
The police have cordoned off the area and further investigation is underway. The state has been on the edge since 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a suicide bomb attack carried out by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group in Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14. Day after the terror attack, Jammu had witnessed bloody protests with agitators burning vehicles and vandalising shops.
Raising slogans against Pakistan and terrorists, protesters burnt tyres on roads. Demonstrators put up barricades demanding that the attacks be avenged. There was a complete shutdown in Jammu city, with no traffic on roads and all shops and markets closed. A curfew was imposed was nearly four days. “The police is working on all the leads. We are collecting evidence and we will hunt them down,” a police officer told reporters.
