Two killed in explosion in Jammu
The explosion took place when a family member was fiddling with some device in the verandah of the house around 8am in Kotli Charak village in Bishnah, 38km from Jammu, police said.
Two persons, including a child, were killed and eight others of a family were injured in a powerful explosion in their house in Jammu district today.The explosion took place when a family member was fiddling with some device in the verandah of the house around 8am in Kotli Charak village in Bishnah, 38km from Jammu, police said.A girl identified as Lovely died on the spot and nine others were injured, three of them critically, they said, adding that one of them later succumbed to injuries in a hospital.The eight injured, included house owner Harban Singh, his wife, their three sons and their wives. They have been admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital here.Singh's three sons are serving in the army and BSF.SHO, Bishan police station, Tahir Bhat said they were ascertaining the nature of the blast.