Mar 15, 2025 12:26 PM IST
CCTV footage of the incident exhibits two masked males got here to the temple on Shershah Suri street in Khandwala space of border metropolis on a motorbike. After ready for a number of seconds, considered one of them threw the explosive in direction of the temple at 12.45am and fled.
An explosion befell exterior Thakur Dwara Temple in Amritsar’s Khandwala space within the wee hours of Saturday, police mentioned.
Individuals collect exterior Thakur Dwara temple on Shershah Suri street close to Khandwala in Amritsar after the blast on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Although nobody was injured, the explosion broken partitions and shattered window panes of the temple. Panic gripped the realm.
CCTV footage of the incident exhibits two unidentified, masked males got here to the temple situated on Shershah Suri street on a motorbike. After ready for a number of seconds, considered one of them threw the explosive in direction of the temple at 12.45am. Each of them fled on the two-wheeler instantly thereafter.
Amritsar police commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar mentioned the temple priest knowledgeable the police concerning the blast after which he and different senior officers rushed to the spot. Investigation is underway and efforts are on to arrest the 2 accused.
ACP (West) Shivdarshan Singh, who was additionally on the spot, mentioned a forensic crew had collected samples from the spot.
An area Shiromani Akali Dal chief and advocate, Kirandeep Singh Monu, mentioned the temple was constructed 25 years in the past. He mentioned the priest and his household have been sleeping within the temple advanced when the blast befell.
Union minister of state of railways Ravneet Singh Bittu condemned the assault on Thakur Dwara temple. “The AAP government fails to check repeated incidents of blasts in the border city (of Amritsar). Deteriorating law and order in Punjab is a matter of serious concern,” he posted on X.
The blast comes a month after a collection of 10 explosions exterior police installations in Punjab between November 2024 and February 2025. The final such blast befell at a non-operational police chowki close to the Fatehgarh Churian bypass in Amritsar district on February 3. Although there have been no casualties within the blasts, they triggered panic within the border districts.
The kingpin of the grenade assault was injured in an encounter with the police in Batala on February 27.