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Attack on Jammu's Raghunath
temple; 6 killed

The militants hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately on the heavily guarded temple complex in Raghunath chowk, police sources said.

Twelve injured persons were brought to the SMGS hospital, the sources said.

Police and paramilitary forces rushed to the spot and the entire area was cordoned off.

"I heard sounds of loud explosions and gunfire and I ran for safety in a lane," one Ashok Kumar told rediff.com on phone.

This is the second time this year that the temple has been attacked. In March, at least ten persons, including four security personnel and two militants, were killed when terrorists hurled grenades and sprayed bullets in Raghunath chowk.

The terrorists wanted to foment communal tension in the country and that is why they were targeting places of worship, National Conference president Omar Abdullah told AajTak news channel.

It was apparent that security was not tight in the area, he said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party said the People's Democratic Party-Congress government's "appeasement policy" towards secessionist forces was responsible for the attack.

"The terrorist strike is a natural fallout of the soft corner of the Congress-PDP government towards terrorists and secessionists. Their morale has been boosted as a result of the state government's appeasement policy," party general secretary and spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

He urged Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed to review his government's policy in the larger interest of the nation and for peace and prosperity of the state.

"There is an urgent need for a rethink," he added.

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