The death toll in yesterday’s grenade blast at Jammu bus stand mounted to two on Friday after a Kashmir resident succumbed at a hospital.
32-year-old Mohd Riyaz, a resident of Mattan area of Anantnag, who was injured in the blast at the General bus stand, succumbed at a hospital early Friday around 1:15 am, said an official.
A 17-year-old youth from Uttarakhand was killed in the blast on Thursday, with 30 others injured.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has sanctioned Rs 5 lakh for the victims’ next of kin and Rs 20,000 each for the injured.
Within hours of the blast, the police claimed to have arrested the youth who they said has cofessed to throwing the grenade at the bus stand.
They identified the accused as Yasir Javaid Bhat alias Arhaan of Kulgam district.