SRINAGAR, April 7: Suspected militants stole an SUV in Kashmir on Friday, raising fears of a car-bomb attack on the first anniversary of the historic cross-border bus service between occupied and Azad Kashmir, police said.

Police sounded a high alert after the vehicle was stolen from the village of Pahloo, about 60km south of Srinagar, said Inspector General of Police, K. Rajendra Kumar.

“When such an incident occurs there is chance of a car bombing. They (militants) use stolen cars for such actions,” Kumar said.

Kumar said security all over the Himalayan region had been tightened ahead of the first anniversary of the historic cross-border bus service between the capitals of the Indian and Pakistani portions of Kashmir.—AP