Poonch: Three persons were injured in an alleged incident of knife attack during on the sidelines of a rally attended by National Conference President and parties candidate for Anantnag- Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency in Mendhar Poonch district on Sunday.
News agency GNS quoted official sources as saying that there was some clash between two groups on the sidelines of the rally and there was incident of knife attack in which three person were injured, one of them seriously.
They said that all the three injured were shifted to near by Hospital where from they were shifted to GMC Rajouri for advanced treatment.
Dr. Javid Ahmad confirming the incident said that condition of one of them identified as Suhail Ahmad Son of Mohd Bashir resident of Qasab Mendhar is stated to be serious.
The other two injured have been identified as Yasir Ahmad(22) son of Mohd Shabir resident of Gultha Harni and Imran Ahmad, who as per sources fled from the hospital for unknown reason
A police official said that a case has been registered and further investigation have been takenup. So far no arrests have been made but police have launched a manhunt to nab the accused.
Meanwhile, people were protesting at main chowk Mendhar against this incident and demanded justice. (GNS)