Two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rally in Srinagar, suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a paramilitary CRPF installation in Srinagar, injuring eleven personnel, one of them critically.
The grenade was lobbed at Ikhwan hotel in Munawarabad area of capital Srinagar at around 7 45 pm. The hotel is a security formation since 1990 when militancy erupted in the regon.
A CRPF spokesman said 11 personnel of 82 battalion CRPF have been injured. “The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment and the area has been cordoned off to search for the militants,” he added.
The explosion took place a day before prime minister is seduced to address his maiden public rally in Srinagar since the formation of PDP - BJP alliance in march this year.
No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack so far.