Another explosion at Amritsar’s heritage street near Golden Temple, 2nd in nearly 24 hours

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Amritsar, May 08, 2023: 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.

"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 was quoted by ANI as saying.

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.

Second blast in nearly 24 hours

Panic gripped the Heritage Street residents near the Golden Temple on Saturday night in which one person sustained injuries. The blast was heard within one-km radius of the Golden Temple and glass facades of some buildings were damaged in an explosion.

The explosion, the cause of which is yet to be known, was reported near an eating joint late on Saturday, police told PTI.

Karandeep Singh, a devotee who was present at the spot, said a few girls travelling in an auto-rickshaw were hit by shards of glass and sustained minor injuries after the explosion. The girls had come from Haryana’s Panchkula to pay obeisance at the Golden Temple, he said.

Earlier, a police official said that the blast apparently occurred in a chimney of a restaurant at the Heritage Street. He said further investigations were underway.

The Amritsar police said, "A news related to blasts in Amritsar is going viral on social media, the situation is under control. Investigation is on to establish the facts of the incident and there is no need to panic. Urge citizens to maintain peace and harmony, advise all to fact-check before sharing."

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.

Courtesy: India Today