Terrorists strike twice at same site in J-K within 14 hours; minor siblings among 6 killed in attacks; protests in many areas

Terrorists struck for the second time at the same site within 14 hours in Jammu and Kashmirs Rajouri leaving a minor sisterbrother duo dead and six others injured in an IED explosion on MondaySanvi Sharma 7 and Vihan Kumar Sharma 4 were killed in the blast in Dangri village where terrorists had opened fire at three houses on Sunday evening killing four civilians and injuring six others according to officialsThe explosion took place near the house of Pritam Lal a victim of the terror attack on Sunday evening locals said There were several people including Lals relatives in the house when the blast took place at around 930 amAs the incidents led to protests across the district including in Rajouri town and a complete shutdown Director General of Police Dilbag Singh who visited the site said that the IED blast was intended to target senior officers who were about to reach thereHe announced that village defence committees VDCs will now be revived and rearmed after some protesting leaders and locals claimed that the incident could have been averted had the authorities not taken away the weapons of VDCsSenior Jammu and Kashmir BJP leader and former MLC Vibodh Gupta alleged that 60 per cent of guns of VDCs have been taken backThe DGP also met the protesters who were refusing to conduct the last rites of the victimsThe VDCs were first set up in the mid1990s in the Chenab Valley area of Jammu to arm and train villagers to defend against Pakistansponsored militants and comprise villagers as well as Special Police Officers SPOsThose behind the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Dangri village will not go unpunished Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday and announced Rs 10 lakh exgratia and a government job to the next of kin of the deceased civiliansAlso read Rajouri attack LG announces Rs 10 lakh exgratia jobs to kin of those killedI strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Rajouri I assure the people that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families Sinha said in a tweetOfficials said a team of the National Investigation Agency NIA has reached Dangri village for an investigationMedical Superintendent of Government Medical College GMC Rajouri Mehmood H Bajar confirmed the death of four persons in the firing incidentThe improvised explosive device IED was planted beneath a bag Additional Director General of Police Jammu Mukesh Singh told reporters in RajouriThe army and police are conducting a massive search operation the senior police officer who reached the spot along with JammuDivisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar said He said that locals have reported that two terrorists are involved in the attackDGP Dilbag Singh who reached the attack site in Rajouri said I came because it was more important to be in solidarity with the families So instead of heading to Kashmir I came straight away Do not forget this incident There may be more IEDs as wellThe DGP also reached the protest site and said that the people of Rajouri have bravely fought terrorism in the past I am sad over the killings It is a matter of grief It is time to give a boost to VDCsNo guns will be taken away if some guns have been taken away they will be returned to VDCs and and more guns will be provided if needed he said Let us not disrespect the bodies and conduct cremation of the bodies he urged the protestersThe injured in the Monday incident Kanaya Sharma 14 Vanshu Sharma 15 Samiksha Devi 20 Sharda Devi 38 Kamlesh Devi 55 and Samiksha Sharma were admitted to the hospitalOn Sundays attack Singh said two terrorists fired on three houses in which four people were killed and six injured The condition of the injured is stable he saidThese are the first such incidents in the past many years in the otherwise peaceful Jammu regionVillage Sarpanch headman Deepak Kumar said that it was a serious security lapse on the part of police and security agenciesIt is a serious security lapse by security agencies Minority community people do not feel secure The administration should take tough measures he told reporters in RajouriProtesters carried the bodies of those killed in Sundays attack in a procession and kept them at Dongri Chowk They demanded that Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha should come to meet them so that they can put their demands before himSeveral senior administration and police officials tried to persuade the protesters to conduct the last rites of the victims but in vainThe protesters said that if the LG does not come to them by this evening they will not cremate the bodies till Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets themIn Jammu protests against Pakistan were held by VHP Bajrang Dal Mission Statehood Shiv Sena and Dogra FrontThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to 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