Grenade recovered in north Kashmir’s Kupwara: Police

    On Friday, police said they had seized a grenade from Bus Stand in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir, while a top official said they were still checking whether it had been thrown at security forces.

    Quoting Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kupwara, Shriram Ambarkar, the news agency KNO reported that a rusted grenade was found near the bus stand today morning.

    He said they will only ascertain whether it was an attack after checking the CCTV footage.

     

    The SSP said that the police parties remain regularly deployed there but soon after it was found a bomb disposal squad was summoned.

     

    He said the grenade was recovered from the spot without causing any harm.

     

    Earlier, reports said that the grenade was lobbed at the security forces but it failed to explode.