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JAMMU, INDIA, April 16, 2002: Suspected militants set off a blast on Monday night at a place on the way to the famous Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir injuring two persons, police said. The blast took place near an autorickshaw at Darshini Darwaza near Banganga about 1.5 km from Katra as thousands of pilgrims made their way up to the Vaishno Devi shrine on the occasion of ongoing Navratra. However, the pilgrims’ progress from Katra to the shrine remained unaffected by the blast, police said, adding security personnel had been posted in strength in and around Katra and the Vaishno Devi shrine to foil the militants who had been active in the area in recent months. Five militants were gunned down by security personnel at Trikuta hills behind the shrine last month.

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