A ROCKET-PROPELLED Grenade (RPG) was fired on the Punjab Police’s Intelligence headquarters in Mohali on Monday night, triggering a blast on the web site, a senior officer instructed The Indian Express,
Punjab DGP Viresh Kumar Bhawra, who reached the spot, instructed The Indian Express that there was no report of any damage attributable to the assault, which occurred round 7.45 pm. Bhawra stated additional investigations had been on.
According to the senior officer, who confirmed the assault, a wall of the constructing bore the utmost affect with shattered window panes strewn inside.
“The RPG was fired at a distance from the principle entrance by unidentified individuals who’re believed to have fled in a automobile. A automotive was noticed transferring from the positioning the second the RPG was fired,” the officer stated.
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired, anti-tank weapon system that fires rockets geared up with an explosive warhead. Officers on the positioning stated the weapon was ‘made in China’ as per the lot quantity written on it.
Soon after the blast, Mohali was sealed and Quick Reaction Teams from Chandigarh Police reached the spot together with SSP KS Chahal.
There was heavy police deployment on the web site after the blast, with a bomb disposal squad and forensic groups on the spot.
The constructing homes the workplaces of a variety of senior officers, together with these holding IG rank.
The workplace is in the course of a densely populated space with Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Academy subsequent to it. The Sohana hospital is in its neighborhood and a college is at its rear. Police had been additionally looking out the residential space across the workplace.
A police officer stated that senior officers had left the workplace when the assault passed off and that different workers on night time obligation had been current.
The blast comes shut on the heels of the arrest of a variety of suspected terror operatives from Punjab and Haryana lately, and the restoration of an explosive machine close to the Burail jail in Chandigarh on April 24.
While Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann or his ruling Aam Aadmi Party was but to react on the time of going to press, former CM and Punjab Lok Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh expressed shock on the incident. “This brazen attack on our police force is deeply concerning,” he stated in a tweet, urging Mann “to ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice at the earliest”.
Shiromani Akali Dal president and former Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal stated the blast uncovered “serious security lapses” and highlighted “once again the deteriorating law & order” scenario in Punjab. “Through probe required to expose and punish those responsible,” Badal stated.
State Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring termed the blast as “disturbing news”.
Former Punjab Home Minister and Congress MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa dubbed the explosion as a “sign of deep communalism”. Condemning the incident, he urged Punjab Police “to investigate and take stern action against those who are intent on disturbing the peace of Punjab”.
Delhi BJP chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa took potshots on the AAP-led authorities in Punjab.
Tragic information! Just every week after Patiala’s conflict; now a blast exterior Intelligence Bureau, Mohali. Punjab Police as an alternative of chasing Bagga ought to concentrate on state’s safety. Punjab is a border state & Kejriwal should not experiment with its peace,” he stated in a tweet.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
