Nine inmates injured in gas cylinder blast in Kupwara jail

Srinagar, June 19: At least nine inmates were injured after a gas cylinder blast took place inside Kupwara jail on Wednesday.

Official sources told news agency Kashmir Scroll that at least nine inmates were injured in the Kupwara jail explosion.

They said that among nine, two injured are said to be critical while five were shifted to Srinagar.

They said that the explosion is said to be of a cooking gas cylinder while further investigation has been taken up.