Srinagar, March 30: Unspecified number of terrorists hurled a grenade near a branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. According to local media, the grenade was lobbed at a picket of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). A CRPF jawan, who was deployed along with others to guard the SBI branch, sustained injuries in the attack. The area was then cordoned off by security forces.

Earlier today, a blast was reported in a car on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Banihal district. One of the CRPF vehicles moving as part of a convoy was slightly damaged in the explosion, which occurred inside a private car at Tethar area of the highway near Bannihal town around 10:30 am. The CRPF said the blast took place when a CRPF convoy was on the move on the highway.

"The explosion appears to have been caused by a gas cylinder inside the car but this is based on preliminary examination of the car's wreckage," a police officer told news agency IANS. Police said that the car driver, the lone occupant, had escaped. Officials said a hunt had been launched to arrest him. Police confirmed there was no loss of life in the incident. Grenade Used in Jammu Attack Was Hid by Class 9 Student in Lunchbox: Report.

"The car caught fire and slight damage was caused to the rear of one of the CRPF vehicles. No injuries were caused to CRPF personnel. The incident is being investigated," the CRPF said in a statement. It wasn't clear how the car came on to the highway when the CRPF convoy was on the move on Saturday.

On February 14, a suicide bomber devastated a CRPF vehicle at Pulwama, killing 40 troopers. The attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist group. Authorities had then decided not to allow any civilian vehicular movement on the highway when convoys of the Army and security forces move on it.

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