An alert has been sounded in Gujarat after it was revealed that those killed in the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir belonged to Valsad district.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani termed the attack as an act of cowards and said India will never bow down to such ideology.
Seven people were killed and around 32 others injured in the dastardly attack on a bus carrying pilgrims from Valsad district of the state. Terrorist fired on the bus which was returning from Amarnath.
The bus came under terrorists' fire near Khanabal in Anantnag district around 8.20 pm, over one hour after the patrolling by the security forces on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway wound up.
Those killed were from Valsad district of South Gujarat, he said.
"The state administration is in touch with the Jammu and Kashmir administration. We have started making arrangements so that the bodies of those who have died in the incident reaches here as soon as possible. We have also started efforts to ensure that those injured get best possible medical care," Rupani said.
"We have cancelled all the programmes that were to be held tomorrow by the BJP including an event of party chief Amit Shah and a programme of the NDA's presidential candidate to seek support in view of terror attack," Rupani said.
"An alert has been issued in Gujarat," minister of state for home Pradeepsinh Jadeja said.
Valsad Superintendent of Police Sunil Joshi said, "The bus belonged to a travel agency from Valsad called Om Travels. The travel agency is yet to provide a list of passengers travelling on the bus."
Shah was to visit Gujarat tomorrow and take part in various events organised by the party in the run up to the state elections which are scheduled to be held later this year.
BJP presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind was also scheduled to come here tomorrow to seek support for his candidature.
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