Connect with us

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Spurt in grenade attacks: Police says verifying module, will bust it soon | KNO

Ascertaining whether missing youth have joined militant ranks: ADGP Khan

Published

on

kno news

Srinagar, January 31 (KNO) : As the militants stepped-up the grenade attacks across Kashmir since January 21, the state police on Thursday said that it was verifying about the module involved in the act and will soon unearth it. Police also said that it was also verifying the details of cases of youth who have gone missing since past ten days in Budgam and Southern districts of Pulwama and Shopian. Talking exclusively to KNO, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order/ Security, Munir Ahmad Khan said that militants started grenade attacks ahead of January 26 in Srinagar and some areas of South Kashmir districts to show their presence. “We have unearthed many grenade throwing modules in the past and are on job to identify the module involved in fresh attacks," Khan told KNO. Since January 21, a series of grenade attacks took at Zero bridge, Paladium Cinema, and Mehjoor Nagar in Srinagar while as similar attacks were carried in South Kashmir's Shopian and Pulwama districts. The fresh attacks were carried in Kulgam and Pulwama districts. The previous grenade attacks were claimed by Jaish-e-Muhammad. Replying to a query whether the missing youth from Budgam and Southern Kashmir including two engineering students had joined militancy, the ADGP said, “We are verifying each case. Nothing is clear yet.”(KNO)

Trending

TOP STORIES1 hours ago

J&K’s Safer Harvest: The Case for Phasing Out Hazardous Chemicals | KNO

TOP STORIES2 hours ago

CM Omar defends 6.83% power tariff hike, says previous governments raised rates by 14-15% | KNO

TOP STORIES2 hours ago

Apni Party, PDP protest power tariff hike in Srinagar, demand rollback | KNO

TOP STORIES2 hours ago

Hot, humid weather to prevail, brief rain spells likely: MeT | KNO

TOP STORIES2 hours ago

Power tariff hike a compulsion, not a choice: MP Choudhary Ramzan | KNO

TOP STORIES2 hours ago

Srinagar Indoor Taekwondo Academy shines at Chenab Open | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

CM Omar Abdullah announces phased upgrade of 714 High Schools into K-12 | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

Sajad Lone cites NC manifesto to counter CM’s claim over power tariff | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

High-density apples fetch Rs 150-200/kg, growers report better returns | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

Court orders inquiry into Tehsildar Sopore’s unauthorised beacon, siren use | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

Ganderbal administration issues advisory against bathing in Nallah Sindh | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

Batangoo residents urge restoration of door-to-door garbage collection | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

LG Celebrates Raksha Bandhan with students from DPS Baramulla | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

CM Omar directs School Education Department to complete inquiry into Kishtwar schoolgirl incident within a month | KNO

TOP STORIES3 hours ago

CS reviews preparedness for phase-I rollout of Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Programme | KNO

TOP STORIES4 hours ago

Div Com reviews Development Proposals for heritage sites in Budgam, Pulwama | KNO

TOP STORIES4 hours ago

Vivek Bali Urges Home Minister to Ensure Security of PM Package Employees and Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir | KNO

Copyright © 2021