Blast outside police post: Probe from varied angles begins

Even though the police are in denial mode about suspected hand grenade blast, various police teams, including of the counter intelligence, have started the probe into the incident from different angles.

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The incident occurred outside the abandoned Fatehgarh Churian bypass police chowki located on the Amritsar-Attari road at around 7.30pm on Monday. It created panic among the residents and shopkeepers of nearby localities. A team of officials manning the checkpoint outside the police post rushed to the site.

The Police Commissioner, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, and the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Harpreet Singh Mandher, among other police officials also reached the spot for investigation.

A team of forensic experts examined the site where the blast is said to have occurred. Police teams have started a probe taking into account possible causes of the blast, he added.

It has been learnt that the police teams scanned the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the Amritsar-Attari bypass road to find clues about any suspects. Sources in the police intelligence said two bike-borne persons were seen escaping towards the Majitha road bypass side.

“Preliminary investigations suggest that the noise may not have been caused by a grenade blast, but the police are not ruling out its possibility entirely. The impact is negligible and first impressions don’t indicate a hand grenade blast,” Bhullar had said after the blast while adding that they were, however, investigating the matter from all angles to determine the cause of the noise.