At least 10 people including a traffic cop and a local journalist received injuries in a grenade attack outside the office of deputy commissioner, Anantnag on Saturday.
According to reports, around 10.30 am, an unidentified terrorist lobbed a grenade in a busy Lal Chow area of Anantnag causing injuries to 10 people.
DIG South Kashmir Atul Goel rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Interacting with the media he said, "The grenade attack was carried out to spread fear among the local population in the area". He said large number of people were present in the market area at the time of the grenade attack.
Official sources said the injured received minor injuries and all of them were stable.
In a separate statement, J&K police spokesman said, "follow up action has been initiated to nab the culprit".