Srinagar: Advisor to the Governor K Vijay Kumar and the Director General Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh have expressed deep anguish and regret over the loss of civilian lives in a blast near the encounter site in Laroo, Kulgam, an official spokesman here said. However, there has been no word regarding any action against those who allowed area to be unsanitized.
In a joint statement issued here by the state’s information department, Kumar and Singh expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families who lost their near and dear ones “in this tragic incident.”
They said, as per the reports, the civilians rushed to the site after the encounter was over, resulting in casualties in the blast as the “area was yet to be sanitized”. They urged the civilians to avoid such sites till properly sanitised.