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Raipur: Two Chhattisgarh ministers, one ex-minister and other leaders of Chhattisgarh had a lucky escape near Pahalgam of Kashmir, as terror attack on a BSF bus close to their cavalcade killed three jawans and left 11 injured.
Powerful agriculture and water resources minister Brijmohan Agrawal, technical education minister Prem Prakash Pandey, former minister Hemchand Yadav, former deputy speaker of state assembly Narayan Chandel and State Haj Committee chairman Salim Raj were among the leaders who escaped the attack in Anantnag unhurt on Friday.
The leaders are travelling in Chhattisgarh with their families and were behind the fateful Border Security Force (BSF) bus when it was attacked.
Salim Raj told NewsBits.in over telephone from Kashmir that the vehicles of the Chhattisgarh leaders was just 30 feet behind the BSF bus which was first attacked with grenades and followed up by firing.
“We could clearly hear the firing and the security personnel asked us to quickly divert our vehicles. Only Brijmohanji (Agrawal) had moved ahead and all of us were behind the attacked bus,” Raj said.
The BSF bus was ferrying jawans returning after their break from Jammu to Kashmir. The incident occurred just 40km outside Pahalgam on Jammu-Srinagar Highway.
“We were later taken to BSF camp and now we are totally safe in Pahalgam,” Salim Raj said.
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