Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, May 16: A civilian was injured in a suspected crude bomb blast in his car at Mini Bus Stand here this morning.
Police said as soon as the civilian, Raj Kumar son of Mohan Lal R/o Panditgam, Thakrai in Keshwan area of Kishtwar district opened door of his Alto car No. 5097 JK17 at 7.30 am today at Mini Bus Stand, the explosive device, which had reportedly been parked in gear box of the vehicle, went off with a big bang causing injuries to Kumar and extensively damaging his vehicle.
SSP Kishtwar Sandeep Wazir, who rushed to the spot along with police teams, told the Excelsior that injured was immediately shifted to hospital, where his condition was stated to be stable as he had sustained minor injuries on his leg and forehead. However, in the evening the injured was shifted to GMC, Jammu.
Sources said police teams called bomb experts from security forces, who have collected splinters of the explosive device from the car and examined the spot. It seems that a crude device might have been used to trigger the blast. The device went off as soon as Raj Kumar opened door of his car, which indicated that wire of the device might have been connected with the car door.
The car had been parked at Mini Bus Stand here overnight.
Police said the injured had worked as SPO between 2005 to 2008 at Thakrai police post during which he was injured in an attack by the militants. After the attack, he had left the job. Later, he was elected as Panch and also served as Naib Sarpanch. Presently, he was working as contractor on the name of his wife and also as an RTI activist.
Police said the wind screens of the car had been extensively damaged.
The bomb experts would examine nature of the blast. At this stage, police has not ruled out any possibility. A case has been registered for further investigations.
The blast comes only few days after militant attack on Tanta police post in Doda district in which an SPO was killed and another injured. However, police have arrested five militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba, who were involved in the attack as well as attempts to revive militancy in Doda.
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