Golden Temple: Hours after a person was injured in an explosion at Heritage Street near the Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar, another blast was reported on the same spot on Monday morning. The blast occurred near the same spot on Heritage Street near Saragarhi Sarai on the way to the Golden Temple.
This is the second crude bomb blast in the vicinity of the Golden Temple in nearly 24 hours.
The incident happened at around 6.30 am. The police, including police commissioner, and forensic teams have reached the spot and are collecting the samples for examination.
Golden Temple: “We are verifying. The situation is normal here. Anti-sabotage, Bomb Squad, and FSL teams are here. One person has received a minor injury in the leg,”Mehtab Singh, ADCP, Amritsar.
The sound of the blast were heard by nearby locals and they also saw smoke in the area after the explosion.
The blast happened as an unidentified person hung the explosive substance, bomb, with a thread from Heritage Street parking lot.
After the blast, DCP Law and Order of Amritsar, Parminder Singh hinted that there was a blast in a chimney and nothing was found from the site.
“But, some pieces were recovered by police from the spot after which a foresnic team was called from Mohali to determine the cause of the explosion,” he said.
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