At least five people were injured when suspected militants hurled a grenade attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Khandli area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Thursday.

Police said unknown persons carried out the grenade attack on BJP leader Jasbir Singh’s house in khandli area of Rajouri.

Meanwhile, four persons, including two security personnel, were injured in an encounter that broke out between militants and security forces on Thursday after the ultras fired upon a BSF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

“Terrorists opened fire on a BSF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Malpora in the Qazigund area of Kulgam,” officials said.

The officials said the convoy was on its way to Srinagar from Jammu.