Mehbooba Mufti’s motorcade pelted with stones in J-K’s Anantanag, one injured

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti's motorcade was stoned while she was returning from Anantnag, the Lok Sabha constituency she is contesting.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's motorcade was pelted with stones as she returned from paying obeisance at a shrine in Anantnag | PTI

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s motorcade came under stone-pelting in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday while she was returning from a shrine there, officials said.

Mehbooba had gone to a shrine at Khirram in Anantnag district to pay obeisance and was returning to Bijbehara when the incident took place, they added.

One of the spare vehicles in the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s motorcade was damaged in the stone-pelting and the driver was hurt, the officials said.

Others in the entourage, including the PDP president, escaped unhurt.

Mehbooba is contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha election from the Anantnag seat, which she had won in 2014. The south Kashmir constituency, spread over the four districts of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Shopian, is going to the polls in three phases from April 29 to May 6.