SRINAGAR, June 19: At least nine inmates were wounded in a gas cylinder blast inside a jail in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday, authorities said.
Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp
The blast took place inside the kitchen of the district Jail in the north Kashmir district, said an official.
The injured, nine in all, were rushed to a hospital, which referred five of them to a hospital in the state capital.
Police have registered a case and begun an investigation into the incident, the official said.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
