Srinagar: A 19-year-old woman was killed and her mother injured in an explosion in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday, police said.
A police official said Sara Begum (49) and her daughter Gulnaz Bano, residents of Sharkoot Vilgam area of Handwara, went to a forest for collecting vegetables on Wednesday and apparently brought a dead shell with them.
“Today, while opening the vegetable bag, a blast occurred, resulting in injuries to both,” he said.
The injured women were shifted to a hospital where Bano succumbed, the official said, adding, a case has been registered and an investigation is underway.