Jammu: twin blasts leave 9 injured two days ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, IED usage suspected

At least nine people were injured in two back-to-back blasts in Jammu's Narwal area on Saturday.

Police suspect that IEDs were used to carry out the twin explosions in an SUV parked in a repair shop and in a vehicle at a nearby junkyard at Transport Nagar area of Narwal.

Five people were injured in the first blast, which occurred at around 11 am.

“A blast occurred in an old, parked Bolero (Sports Utility Vehicle) around 11 am resulting in injuries to five people who were standing nearby. They were evacuated to hospital and their condition is stable,” Additional Director General of Police, Mukesh Singh told reporters near the scene of the explosion.

The second explosion, which occurred after nearly half an hour, injured two people, the police said.

The blasts have taken place at a time when security agencies in the region are on high alert ahead of Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra's Jammu leg which starts on January 23.

(PTI)