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Live Grenade Recovered, Destroyed By Indian Army

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/8/2022 12:10:54 PM

Jammu, Aug 7 A live hand grenade was recovered from Jammu & Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday. After the grenade was found lying on the ground in Kallar Kattal village, the locals immediately apprised the police. Taking immediate cognizance of the incident, a party of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of police station Surankote along with the J&K Army reached the spot. The grenade was destroyed by the security forces using a controlled explosion at midnight, thus averting a major tragedy. Indian Army can be seen at the sight of the recovery at around midnight. Republic has also accessed visuals of the grenade post its destruction. The incident comes just two days after a migrant labourer was killed and two others were injured in a grenade attack in the Gadoora area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. According to officials, terrorists lobbed a grenade at a tent housing labourers. The labourers were manufacturing cotton bedding, police said. Earlier this month, terrorists also carried out a grenade attack on Police Post Ind in the Gool area of Ramban on August 2. The attack was however thwarted due to the alertness of the sentry deployed on duty. The officer immediately noticed suspected movement and fired some rounds at the suspected terrorists. Two police personnel suffered minor wounds during the blast.