One among the four persons injured in a grenade blast inside a newly opened wine shop at Dewan Bagh on Tuesday evening succumbed to wounds.
Official sources said that militants hurled grenade at the wine shop this evening which exploded with a bang, leaving four persons, all employees, injured.
The injured were immediately shifted to hospital and one of them succumbed to the injuries. A police officer confirmed the grenade blast and told GNS that attacker disguised himself as buyer.
He said that the area has been cordoned off and searches have been launched to nab the attacker (s).
The deceased has been identified as Ranjit Singh Son of Krishan Lal age 52 yrs, a resident of Rajouri area.
The injured have been identified as Goverdan Singh Son of Gajender Singh aged 35 yrs, a resident of Kathua, Govind Singh son of Gurdev Singh aged 35, a resident of Rajouri and Ravi Kumar Son of Kartar Chand, aged 36, a resident of Kathua.
Terrorists lobbed hand grenade inside a newly opened wine shop in Baramulla. O4 employees got injured. One among them succumbed to his injuries. All are from Jammu division. Area cordoned and search started to nab culprits.@JmuKmrPolice @BaramullaPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) May 17, 2022
Meanwhile the Jammu Kashmir Police tweeted, “Terrorists lobbed hand grenade inside a newly opened wine shop in Baramulla. O4 employees got injured. One among them succumbed to his injuries. All are from Jammu division. Area cordoned and search started to nab culprits.” With Inputs from GNS.