Another ‘blast’ outside police post in Amritsar

An explosion took place outside the Gumtala police chowki here on Thursday evening, triggering panic. The police, however, denied any blast due to explosive material.

Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said it was apparently an explosion in the radiator of a policeman’s car. “People took it for a bomb blast, which is not the case,” he said.

ACP (West) Shiv Darshan Singh, in a video message, said the chowki incharge, ASI Harjinder Singh, was present when the incident occurred around 8 pm. During examination, the radiator was found damaged. The front windshield was damaged too. The ACP said there was no need to panic and people shouldn’t spread rumours. This is the ninth such incident at a police establishment in Punjab in the past month and a half.