Five tourists were among six persons injured after the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off a road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday, officials said.
Six people, including five tourists and a local cab driver, were inside the vehicle when the accident happened in Pahalgam area, officials said.
The five tourists included a woman and two children, the officials said.
They were rushed to a hospital and their condition is stated to be stable, officials said.
At least one person was killed and six others were injured after an explosion inside a scrap factory in Samba district on Saturday. The explosion took place at around 3 pm in the factory, namely Subash Chandra and Sons, at Bari Brahmana industrial area of Samba.
“One person has died and six others have been injured in the explosion,” said SSP Benam Tosh. He ruled out any terror angle in the blast, saying it was a leftover mortar shell in the scrap of the factory.
The deceased has been identified as Mohan Lal of Rajouri district. The injured have been shifted to Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu.
Policemen were rushed to the spot where an investigation is under way, the SSP said. “We are trying to find out whether the incident happened as a consequence of the boiler explosion or there was some other explosion,” said another official.
No terror angle: SSP
SSP Benam Tosh rules out any terror angle in the blast. According to him, it was a leftover mortar shell in the scrap of the factory, namely Subash Chandra and Sons, at Bari Brahmana industrial area of Samba.