70-yr-old dies of heart attack in Bandipora blast
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Mir TariqBandipora, Aug 08: A 70-year-old person died of heart attack after a powerful grenade explosion at Bandipora on Friday.Police sources said that militants lobbed a hand grenade towards a BSF bunker near Gulshan Chowk, Bandipora at 10 am. The grenade exploded with a big bang.
They said that Ali Muhammad Azad, 70, son of Alamudin Khan of Cheki Arsalna Khan Bandipora was purchasing newspaper from a hawker in the area and fell unconscious after hearing the impact of the blast. He was rushed to hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. They said that he had died of heart attack. “No injury was found in his body,” they said.Azad, District Treasurer Gujjar Welfare Forum Bandipora, was said to be an activist of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Meanwhile, senior PDP leader and MLC, Nizam-ud-Din Bhat sought inquiry into the blast that lead to death of a PDP worker due to heart attack. He said that the timing of the blast is suspicious as no security personnel were on guard in the market. “Such acts are highly condemnable and needs a full fledged inquiry,” he said.He demanded immediate release of exgratia relief and benefits under SRO 43 to Khan’s family.