Grenade attack at Pulwama polling station as polls underway

J&K, May 6, 2019:

Suspected militants on Monday morning lobbed a grenade towards a polling station in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir where polling is underway for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, police said.

A grenade was lobbed towards Rohmoo polling station in Pulwama but there were no reports of any casualties in the blast, a police official said.

It has been reported that security forces have cordoned off the area. This was the first militant attack on a polling station in this Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir.

Polling is being held in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency which also includes Anantnag and Kulgam districts as well.

It may be mentioned that Pulwama was the site of a major tragedy as a Jaish-e-Mohammed militant had launched his explosives-laden vehicle into a vehicle belonging to a CRPF convoy.