Sopur, Dec 29: Panic gripped Dangerpora Sopur Tuesday morning when an Improvised Explosive Device exploded in the area.
GK correspondent Ghulam Muhammad reported that the device was fitted in an LPG cylinder which was placed in a paddy field by suspected militants. The blast was so powerful that the explosion was heard several kilometres away. No one was injured in the incident. The blast created a huge crater in the ground.
Later troopers of 22 Rashtriya Rifles and SOG Sopur rushed to the spot to assess the situation. They launched a search operation in the area. No arrests were made during the operation.
A leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had a narrow escape when suspected militants opened fire at him in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The District President of NCP for Kishtwar district Parvez Ahmed Tak was on its way to Patnazi when militants fired on him from a hill top in Bonjwa area of Kishtwar district last night, police said.
The Personal Security Officers (PSOs) of the leader returned the fire resulting in a brief exchange following which the militants escaped, they said adding there was no injury or loss of life in the attack.
Later, police and security forces after getting the information launched a search operation in the area to track down those responsible for the act.

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