Jammu: Police arrest suspect in bus stand grenade attack

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said the suspected perpetrator of the grenade blast at a bus stand has been arrested. DGP Dilbagh Singh said.

According to reports, the suspect hails from Kulgam; more details are awaited.

Meanwhile, IGP Jammu Zone on Thursday tweeted out informing of a casualty in the grenade blast that took place at Jammu bus stand earlier in the day.

#JammuAndKashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh: The person who threw the grenade at the Jammu bus stand earlier today, has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/UtoN9uVfLW

— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2019

The person killed has been identified as 17-year-old Md Sharik.

“Sad to inform that Md Sharik (in pic) s/o Intijar R/o Toda, Kalyanpur, Ahatmal, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, age 17 years succumbed to the injuries that he suffered in the grenade blast at Jammu Bus Stand on 7.3.19,” the tweet read.

The blast took place at a bus stand in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) earlier today.

MK Sinha, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Jammu said, “It was a grenade explosion.”