The incident comes as Kashmir is already on the edge with authorities stepping up security deployment at vital installations and sensitive areas amid heightened terror threat and flare up of hostilities with Pakistan.
Source: News18.com
Srinagar: A Maruti vehicle was completely damaged in a “cylinder blast” at Lal Bazar Srinagar on Sunday.
A police officer said that the apparently cylinder blast took place near GD Goenka School Lal Bazar.
He said fire tenders reached the spot and doused off the flames. While the vehicle was completely damaged, there was no loss of life reported in the incident.
The officer said that a police has registered a case and was investigating the nature of the blast even as “apparently it seems to be cylinder blast.” (GNS)
The incident comes as Kashmir is already on the edge with authorities stepping up security deployment at vital installations and sensitive areas amid heightened terror threat and flare up of hostilities with Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC).
Additional paramilitary forces, which arrived here last week, have been deployed across the city and in other vulnerable areas of Kashmir Valley, the officials said.
The strength of the security personnel has been increased around vital installations such as the civil secretariat, police headquarters, airport and various central government establishments in the city, they said.
Barricades have been erected on many arterial roads, including the entry and exit points to Srinagar, the summer capital of the state. Riot control vehicles have also been kept on standby in some areas where apprehension of law and order disturbances is more, the officials added.
(details awaited)
(This story has not been edited by KASHMIR TODAY staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)