Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 30: Security forces have been put on high alert in the border belts and along the Jammu-Pathankot highway following the blast that took place at village Sanyal near the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district last night.
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A live grenade was recovered following a search of the area this morning.
“Information was received about a powerful blast around 9.30 pm on Wednesday. We launched a search operation this morning…The bomb squad team has collected the samples and sent it for test”, police said.
They said it was a high intensity blast.
“One live grenade was seized around 6.30 am today. It points out that someone lobbed the grenade after detecting presence of security forces”, they said.
As the site of the blast is close to a police post, there is a possibility that the police post was the intended target.
“It points out towards that. On Wednesday, our presence was more in this area, that is why they may have hurled grenade and after that they triggered IED blast”, police said.
Block Development Committee (BDC) chairman Ram Lal Kaliya, a resident of Sanyal village which is just 300 metres from the border post, said, “Around 9.30 pm on Wednesday we heard an explosion. I informed the post in-charge.”
The blast site was located after one-and-half hours, police said, adding that a big crater was found in an agriculture field.
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