On CCTV, Moment Rocket-Propelled Grenade Hit Punjab Police’s Intel HQ

“A minor explosion was reported at the Punjab Police Intelligence Headquarters in sector 77, SAS Nagar at around 7.45 PM. No damage has been reported. Senior officers are on the spot and an investigation is being done. Forensic teams have been called,” the Mohali police had said in a statement.

The police then cordoned off the area and sounded an alert. A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory has collected samples on the spot and an investigation is underway. No casualties were reported.

A man who allegedly gave logistics support to some suspects who fired the RPG has been detained by the state police. The state police yesterday said it has recovered the launcher used in the attack and that a number of suspects have been rounded up.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the strictest punishment will be meted out to those trying to spoil the state’s atmosphere.

The latest detention comes after the police said they have picked up two more suspects from across the state. The police said they are putting together how the entire conspiracy was stitched and would soon give details to the public.

The police said he provided logistics to the people who attacked the intelligence wing building.

Intelligence agencies have found the role of suspected overground workers of Khalistani extremists group associated with Pakistan-based terrorists, news agency ANI had reported.

A police official said that during the investigation they found the mobile location of a suspect associated with Pakistan-based terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda near the blast site.

“We have scanned hundreds of mobile phone locations after accessing dump data of all mobile towers falling in the radius of blast site and found a number of few suspects,” he said.