Jammu, Dec 09: A major disaster in the high security Kotbalwal jail here was averted today when a CRPF jawan picked up an active grenade and lobbed it to an isolated area where it exploded without causing any casualty or damage, official sources said. The jawan, while cleaning ammunition, noticed smoke coming out of a grenade and immediately threw it out of the building to an isolated area, the sources told a news agency.
There were no casualty or damage to property in the explosion, the sources said. Soon after the blast, security men on duty around the jail took up positions presuming it was a militant attack, they said.
Over 100 foreign and local militants are lodged in the jail.
Bureau Report