By IANS,
Srinagar: Separatist guerrilla outfit Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JUM) Monday owned responsibility for Sunday’s attack on Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar in summer capital Srinagar.
In a statement faxed to the offices of a national news agency and a local news agency, JUM spokesman Jameel Ahmad said the attack on Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sagar was carried out by Al-Jabar squad of the group.
A body guard of the minister was killed while two bodyguards and a civilian were wounded when separatist guerrillas attacked the minister in Shah Mohalla in Nawa Bazar locality of the old city in the evening. The minister escaped unhurt.
The minister has condemned the attack, calling it “a cowardly terrorist act”.
A high-level security review was undertaken here Monday by Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda in the wake of the attack.
Security has already been beefed up in the city and other parts of the valley and the police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have been deployed in strength at busy market places, traffic intersections and sensitive installations.
Sagar has, however, ruled out any security lapse.
“I had gone to attend a social function at my ancestral place in Nawa Bazar when the attack happened.,” Sagar said.
“There was no security lapse,” he told reporters at a function where wreaths were laid on the body of the slain constable, Gulzar Ahmad, in district police lines in Srinagar.