A Hindu Politicians house was attacked with a grenade in which the entire family was left injured.
A two-year-old child was killed and seven people, including a BJP leader and his five-month-old son, were injured, after suspected terrorists lobbed a grenade at his residence in Khandli bridge chowk near Rajouri town on Thursday night.
Confirming the blast later in the night, Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu Zone, said a few injuries have been reported. “The DIG and SSP are on the spot,” Singh said.
Police sources said the blast took place after the suspected terrorists lobbed a grenade at BJP mandal president Jasbir Singh’s house, in which eight persons were injured and one of them, the child, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. Two of the injured are critical.
“The house was targeted around 9.30 pm. The injured were taken to Government Medical College (GMC), Rajouri, where Veer Singh, the two-year-old nephew of the BJP mandal president, succumbed to his injuries,” said a police source.
Funeral of, the two-year-old Veer Singh
Injured BJP leader Jasbir Singh
Right-Wing Islamists mocking the death of the two-year-old
