One killed in Doda blast

Terrorists triggered a grenade explosion aimed at the vehicle of SSP killing an official and injuring 14 people in J&K.

Ahead of Monday's Lok Sabha polls, terrorists triggered a grenade explosion aimed at the vehicle of Senior Superintendent of Police killing an information officer and injuring 14 people, including four cops, in a high security area of Doda town in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

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The explosion also took place minutes after KN Suharwardy, the National Conference candidate for Udhampur constituency, of which Doda district is a part of, passed the area, official sources said.

The grenade missed its target and exploded outside the gate of a hospital around 1140 hours (local time) injuring 14 people, including four policemen and assistant information officer of Doda Abdul Majeed, official sources said.

Majeed died on way to hospital where the other injured were admitted. The condition of three injured was stated to be critical.

Tight security was in place in the area in view of Monday's elections to Udhampur constituency.

Earlier, two unidentified militants were killed in encounters in Poonch and Rajouri districts where one civilian was injured by terrorists since Saturday night, official sources said on Sunday.

While one terrorist was killed in a night-long gun battle in Rajouri forests another was shot dead by security forces in Surankote forest belt of Poonch district.

Some arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter sites, the sources said.