Breaking News: Major Search Operation Underway In Reasi, Forces In Action To Get Hold Of Terrorist | J&K News
The Jammu and Kashmir police have released a sketch of a terrorist involved in the attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in the Pouni area of Reasi district on Sunday. As many as nine people were killed in the attack while 41 people were injured and the police have announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for information about the said terrorist. The terrorists had opened fire at the 53-seater bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi when it was en route from the Shiv Khori temple to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra near Teryath village in the Poni area. Following the gunfire, the bus plunged into a deep gorge killing nine people and injuring 41 others. As per the survivors and eyewitnesses, the terrorists continued to fire gunshots even after the bus veered off.