Three members of family killed, two wounded in J

Srinagar, Apr 9 (UNI) Three members of a family were killed while two police personnel wounded in a mine blast across Jammu and Kashmir since last evening, an official spokesman said today.

He said unidentified gunmen intruded into the house of Assadullah, a village chowkidar (watchman) at Arnas in Udhampur district of Jammu region late last night and fired indiscriminately at the residents.

This resulted in on the spot death of Assadullah, his brother Ghulam Mohammad and sister-in-law Rashida Begum.

The gunmen later escaped from the scene after committing the crime, the spokesman said, adding a police party had been rushed to the area and launched a massive hunt to nab the culprits.

Two police personnel were wounded in an explosion near Sham Dalian in Gandoh area of Doda district last evening, he said.

Police seized three hand grenades, one RPG from Chandimarh in Poonch district during a search operation.

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