Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk: Three people have died and 15 injured in a blast at a religious gathering at Nirankari Bhawan in Amritsar’s Rajasansi village on Sunday afternoon. As per officials, two masked men on motorcycle lobbed explosives, supposedly grenade, inside the premises of the Bhawan around an hour back. Though the police have not officially named anyone or suspected any organisation for the act, they have confirmed that the attack has no connection with terrorist Zakir Moosa, whose reported movement in the state had put the administration on alert.
The sources in police have however revealed that foreign fundamentalist groups are suspected to be behind the attack.
IG (Border) Surinder Pal Singh Parmar said “the incident took place at around 11:00- 11:15 am when two bikers came riding a Bajaj Platina motorcycle and lobbed grenade here. Out of 250 people who were present in the religious congregation, 3 are dead and 15-20 are injured.”
An alert has been issued in Punjab following the blast and also in the neighboring state of Haryana. All the roads leading towards border from Amritsar have also been sealed. security has also been beefed up for Nirankari Bhawan.
Those injured have been rushed to nearby hospital and an investigation has been initiated. Senor police officials and forensic experts have reached the spot. A team of dog squad has also reached the spot.
