Srinagar: Militants launched a rocket attack on Srinagar Station of All
India Radio (AIR) this evening (Nov 28) damaging some equipment, and two
persons were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir while police
foiled plan to trigger a series of explosions in the city, official sources
said in Srinagar.
A single rocket, fired by militants around 18:00 hours, pierced the music
room of the heavily-guarded AIR building located in the heart of the city
damaging a window and some equipment, the sources said adding that no one
was injured in the blast.
However, the deafening sound of the blast triggered panic among the
employees.
The pro-Pakistan al-Badr militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the
attack saying its activists fired a missile towards the government-run
electronic media centre.
Senior police and security officials immediately reached the site and
inspected the scene where the rocket exploded.
"We are ascertaining where the militants carried out the attack from," a
security official said.
The rocket was supposed to be fired from the front portion as the music room
is located near the main gate.
Security has been further tightened in the city following the attack, the
sources said.
Earlier in the day, police foiled a plan to cause a series of explosions in
the city as they recovered four powerful improvised explosive devices
(IED's) from a school at
Maharajgunj in downtown Srinagar.
The IED's were prepared by militants, using fire extinguishers, but they
escaped minutes before police along with BSF (Border Security Force) and
CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) raided the school, a police spokesman
said.
He said the militants had completed 90 per cent of the job when a joint
patrol party went to the school building following specific information
about suspicious movement of some persons in the premises.
The recovery of the deadly devices on the eve of Jumat-ul-Vida (last Friday
of the holy month of Ramzan) dealt a severe blow to the militants, the
spokesman said.
Adding the IED's apparently were prepared for targeting important people or
religious gatherings to create fear among people.
A massive hunt has been launched to nab the militants who managed to give a
slip to the police, he said.
PTI
