Seven forces personnel among eleven injured in grenade blast at Lal Chowk

SRINAGAR — A Sub-Inspector of CRPF along with six forces personnel and two civilians were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on police party near Paladium Cinema in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar district in Sunday evening.

Reports reaching here said that some unknown persons hurled a grenade on police party near Paladium Cinema.

In the blast, four policemen, three CRPF men and four civilians including a woman suffered splinter injuries. SSP Srinagar, Imtiyaz Ismail Parray also confirmed the grenade attack.

The injured were identified as constable Ashiq Ahmad, constable Abid, constable Nassar Ahmed, Mohammad Shafi, Sub-Inspector R. Muniswami of CRPF 132 bn, Constable Vishal of 132 bn CRPF and constable Davindar of 132 bn CRPF.

The injured civilians have been identified as Humaira of Hairwan, Abdul Qayoom of Mandibal Nowshehra, Taliba Gulshan of Dalgate and Shadab Shah resident of Nishat.

Meanwhile, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack. A JeM spokesperson, Mohammad Hassan in a statement said that seven CRPF personnel were injured in the attack, news agency GNS reported.

“The attack was carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammad’s Afzal Guru squad,” he said. (GNS)