J&K Minister escapes bid on life

By Shujaat Bukhari

JAMMU, DEC. 13. Militants made an abortive bid on the life of the Public Works Minister, Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar, near Bijbehara today. However, 17 persons including three police personnel were injured in the grenade attack which hit many of his supporters.

Reports said that Mr. Sagar, the most vocal Minister in the Farooq Abdullah Government was in Arwani village in Anantnag district to inaugurate a re-constructed bridge. As the Minister was boarding his bullet-proof vehicle at around 4.15 p.m., unidentified militants hurled a grenade amid tight security arrangements. The grenade, however, missed the intended target and exploded among his supporters who had gathered there to attend a public meeting. At least 17 persons, a few of them police personnel, received splinter injuries. But Mr. Sagar escaped unhurt. The injured were rushed to the Anantnag hospital. Ten of whom who were seriously wounded were shifted to Srinagar. Police sources said that one Deputy Superintendent who was a probationer was seriously wounded and his condition was not out of danger.The security forces launched a search operation in the area.

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