Anti-terror agency NIA team visits twin blast site in Jammu and Kashmir

Officials said the National Investigation Agency team visited the blast site in the morning and the federal anti-terror agency is likely to take over the case for a complete probe. Officials said a special team of the National Investigation Agency inspected the site of twin blasts in Jammu on Sunday.

Nine people were injured in the back-to-back blasts on Saturday in Narwal, on the outskirts of Jammu city. Police suspect that explosive devices were used to carry out the twin blasts at an SUV parked at a repair shop in Transport Nagar area and a vehicle at a nearby scrap yard. The blasts took place at a time when security agencies in the region are on high alert ahead of Congress's Bharat Jodo Yatra and the upcoming Republic Day celebrations.