Thirteen dumper trucks of Punjab involved in illegal mining in riverbed of J&K's Kathua district were on Thursday seized by the district mineral officer. Three dumpers, however, managed to flee.
The explosion was heard within the limits of the Hiranagar police station near the international border in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. After receiving the information about the blast, a police team led by SSP Kathua Shivdeep Singh rushed to the site and started a search operation.
KATHUA, Mar 30: A search operation has been launched after a powerful blast occured in Hiranagar near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, triggering fear among the locals, officials said on Thursday. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh said that an explosion-like sound was heard near BPP Sanyal located
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh told ANI that an explosion-like sound was heard near BPP Sanyal located along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar in Kathua district in the late evening hours on Wednesday.