Srinagar, March 3: The Jammu and Kashmir police said that a blast has been reported from Awantipora area in Pulwama district on Sunday. Police are ascertaining facts at the spot. No loss of life or any injury has been reported. More details are awaited. Pulwama Terror Attack: JeM Terrorist Used 80 Kg RDX, Blast Tossed a Body 80 Metres Away.

News agency ANI tweeted about the blast in Awantipora, Pulwama on Sunday. However, more details are awaited as the incident is looked into by the police.

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On February 14, over 40 CRPF jawans were martyred and over a dozen seriously injured when their convoy was targeted in Awantipora in Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.

The convoy comprised 78 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar. A bus, in which 42 CRPF personnel were travelling, was extensively damaged in the blast. Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out by a suicide bomber from Pulwama named Adil Ahmed Dar.

Following the attack, relations between India and Pakistan worsened and India retaliated by sending 12 Mirage-2000 fighter jets which dropped bombs on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) training centres in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26. The IAF also raided Muzaffarabad and Chakothi in Pakistan, in a 21 minute operation, said reports.

This was followed by Pakistan sending F-16 fighter jets in Indian airspace the next day with an intention to attack military posts in Nowshera, Rajouri district. However, India scrambled MiG-21 Bison jets to reply Pakistan's offensive. Both India and Pakistan lost a jet each and IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman  landed in Pakistan via parachute after his MiG 21 was shot at. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was taken under custody by Pakistan Army, was released on Friday night at Wagah-Attari border as he returned to a hero's welcome in India.

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