Explosion at ex-MLA’s home in J&K’s Poonch

By PTI

POONCH:  An explosion was reported on the home of a former legislator in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officers mentioned on Saturday.

Former Surankote MLA and distinguished Gujjar chief Choudhary Mohammad Akram mentioned the incident occurred round 7.30 pm on Friday and his household had a slim escape as splinters pierced the ceiling of a number of rooms of his home in Lassana village.

“I was not home at the time of the incident. Later, I came to know that there was a powerful explosion, followed by some shots that were fired. Police and Army officials visited my house immediately after the incident and they are ascertaining the details,” Akram advised PTI in Jammu.

Akram, who resigned from the Congress in solidarity with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad final yr however later distanced himself from Azad’s Democratic Azad Party, demanded a radical probe into the incident.

A police official mentioned empty cartridges of a 12-bore gun had been discovered from the scene of the incident.

“We came to know about a blast near the house of the former MLA and immediately rushed to the scene. A halogen light was found damaged and empty cartridges of a 12-bore gun were found on the spot,” he mentioned, including that additional investigation is on.

POONCH:  An explosion was reported on the home of a former legislator in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officers mentioned on Saturday.

Former Surankote MLA and distinguished Gujjar chief Choudhary Mohammad Akram mentioned the incident occurred round 7.30 pm on Friday and his household had a slim escape as splinters pierced the ceiling of a number of rooms of his home in Lassana village.

“I was not home at the time of the incident. Later, I came to know that there was a powerful explosion, followed by some shots that were fired. Police and Army officials visited my house immediately after the incident and they are ascertaining the details,” Akram advised PTI in Jammu.

Akram, who resigned from the Congress in solidarity with former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad final yr however later distanced himself from Azad’s Democratic Azad Party, demanded a radical probe into the incident.

A police official mentioned empty cartridges of a 12-bore gun had been discovered from the scene of the incident.

“We came to know about a blast near the house of the former MLA and immediately rushed to the scene. A halogen light was found damaged and empty cartridges of a 12-bore gun were found on the spot,” he mentioned, including that additional investigation is on.