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Punjab: Grenade blast near Pathankot army camp

No casualties were reported in the blast that took place late on Sunday night

Pathankot base security pti (File) Security barricades erected at the Pathankot airbase after the attack in January 2016 | PTI

A grenade blast occurred outside a gate of the army cantonment here, prompting authorities to sound an alert, police said on Monday.

However, no casualties were reported in the blast that took place late on Sunday night in front of Triveni gate of the cantonment, they said. 

Police said that some unidentified motorcyclists lobbed the grenade in front of the military area, and they were verifying CCTV images.

After the blast, an alert has been sounded in the area, they said. 

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