Srinagar: At least six people including five CRPF personnel and a cop were wounded in a grenade blast during a search operation in Arwani area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.

Reports said that the forces were withdrawing from Hassanpura area of Arwani following clashes during a search operation when the blast took place.

They said that five CRPF personnel and a cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police were wounded in the blast.

The injured were rushed to sub-district hospital Bijbehara for treatment.

Further details are awaited.

This post was published on December 22, 2018