Srinagar, Apr 06: A cylinder blast took place in a tempo vehicle outside the Tulip garden in Srinagar in which the driver of the vehicle got injured, police said on Wednesday.
A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that a cylinder blast took place inside a tempo vehicle parked outside the Tulip garden Srinagar. “In the incident, driver of the vehicle got injured,” he said, adding that there was no need to panic.
Sources said that the driver has been shifted to nearby hospital where he is being treated. Meanwhile, a police spokesman in a statement to KNO said that on Wednesday afternoon at around 2:35 pm, one blast took place on the rear end of a tempo vehicle in the car parking of Botanical Gardens which caused localised damage to rear door of the vehicle.
“Prima facie the blast seems to be accidental in nature, most probably causes due to a Cylinder or other pressure equipment failure. The driver namely Amjad Ali is grievously injured and has been taken to the hospital for treatment. FSL team is on job and checking the vehicle to rule out any other probability,” the police spokesman said—(KNO)
