Twelve suspects have been picked up for interrogation in connection with the three grenade blasts triggered by militants at a bus stand in which one person was killed and 31 injured.
Updated at 9.40 pm
JAMMU: Twelve suspects have been picked up for interrogation in connection with the three grenade blasts triggered by militants at a bus stand in which one person was killed and 31 injured.
"We have detained 12 persons suspected to be behind for questioning in connection with the three grenade attacks this morning. They are being questioned and we are hopeful to get some leads," police said.
They said police were on the job to pick up more suspects connected with the hurling of grenades at the general bus stand.
"We are investigating the attack by militants. Three grenades were hurled on the buses, one of them carrying Vaishnodevi pilgrims," Senior Superintendent of Police Mukesh Singh said.
Singh, who was monitoring the situation after the grenade strikes said, "the grenade pins and other evidence are being analysed to determine whether the grenades were thrown from bus stand area or from the road above it".
No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attacks but there was a possibility of Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Taiba militants being involved, police officials said.
They said they had recieved intelligence inputs that militants wanted to disrupt the Amarnath yatra.
9 Nepali labourers killed
SRINAGAR: Nine Nepali labourers were killed and four wounded when gunmen opened fire at Badroo village in Anantnag in the afternoon.
The officials had earlier identified the labourers from Bihar, but one of the wounded, Akshay Kumar, later said that they were from Kadiali village in Murunga district of Nepal.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) for South Kashmir Hemant Kumar Lohia said a group of gunmen attacked Bihari labourers working in a brick klin at village Badroo Kulgam, about 70 km from here, at 4.30 pm.
He said six labourers were killed on the spot and seven wounded. Two of the injured died on the way to hospital, the DIG said, adding the wounded were sent to hospitals here.
Later, one more succumbed to wounds at the Bone and Joints Hospital here.
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