Srinagar
Four children among six persons were injured in a blast near encounter site at Lower Munda on Monday afternoon. One of the injured was referred to SMHS hospital in Srinagar while three others require “surgical intervention.”
Official sources said the blast occurred soon after security forces withdrew from the encounter site.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kulgam, Gurinderpal Singh said the area was sanitized of the explosives while announcement were made, urging people not to venture into the prohibited area.
“We have also erected banners there, asking people not to go near the spot. While we sanitized the area, some explosive had been left unnoticed which these persons fiddled with, leading to the blast,” he said, adding that five persons were injured and have been hospitalized.
Sources said that five of the injured were shifted to SDH Dooru and the sixth on, 15-year-old Obaid Beigh son of Bashir Ahmad Beigh of Lower Munda—KMS
