Seventeen-year-old Danish Ahmad Khanday was injured when a shell, he found near an encounter site at Bamnoo in Pulwama, exploded, a police official said.
Press Trust of India
Srinagar, Publish Date: Aug 14 2017 6:31PM | Updated Date: Aug 14 2017 6:31PM
Boy injured after shell lying for over a month explodes in Pulwama
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An explosive, apparently left behind at an encounter site around 40 days back in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, went off today, injuring a boy, police said.
Seventeen-year-old Danish Ahmad Khanday was injured when a shell, he found near an encounter site at Bamnoo in Pulwama, exploded, a police official said.
The boy was taken to a local hospital from where doctors referred him to the SMHS hospital here for treatment, he said.
On July 3, an encounter took place at Bamnoo where three militants were killed by government forces.