A bomb blast outside the house of sarpanch at Shakarwara village in Baramulla has left a vehicle parked outside the house completely damaged. The blast took place late Sunday evening outside the house of Narendra Kour, a sarpanch of Shakarwara village. The army and police were at the spot soon after. Police organizations also went to the village around 20 kilometres from town Baramulla and questioned several persons.

Deputy sarpanch Ajaz Ahmad said that blast took place last night around 9 pm. Ahmad said the sarpanch had hoisted the flag on August 15 and that could be a reason for this blast. “We all panchayat members are disturbed by this attack.” On Friday, two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces at Khrew in Pulwama district, police said. On Saturday, three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police officials said.

The exchange of fire was the latest in a series of gunfights as security forces intensified counter-insurgency operations in the Valley, killing 94 protesters so far this year. Eight militants were killed in separate operations this month till Saturday. A policeman and four civilians, including three political workers, have been killed in suspected militant attacks this month alone.

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