Srinagar, Sept 24: Seven people, including three special operations group personnel, were injured when militants hurled a grenade on a police party at Shopian town in south Kashmir this evening, official sources said. Militants hurled a grenade on the SoG party at Gole Chakri around 4.50 pm injuring three policemen and four pedestrians, they said.

The injured have been admitted to a hospital, where the condition of three, including a policeman, was stated to be serious, the sources said. The injured have been identified as constables Jaswinder Singh, Charanjeet Singh, special police officer Mohammad Yousuf (all belonging to SoG, Shopian) and civilians Tariq Ahmad Deva, Javid Ahmad Khan, Abdul Hameed Zargar and Gulzar Ahmad Malik, they said.

Police assisted by security forces immediately cordoned off the entire area, but none was arrested as militants escaped taking advantage of the panic which followed the blast, the sources said. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the explosion so far.

Bureau Report