14 cops injured in grenade attack in Srinagar

Srinagar, April 2 (PTI): At least 14 police personnel were injured today in a grenade attack by militants in Nowhatta area of old Srinagar. Militants hurled the grenade on a police party next to Ganjbaksh Park in Nowhatta area of the city at around 7.00 pm when the cops were withdrawing from there after day-long law and order duty, a police official said. He said 14 policemen were injured in the grenade blast. The injured cops were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The official said miscreants had engaged the cops by pelting stones on them in the same area.