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They are both low intensity IED explosions Near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, less than 30 hours away, before the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll, prompted Punjab police to put the state’s security services on high alert.
According to the Special Director General of Police (Law & Order), Arpit Shukla, Police Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police have been directed to install special ‘nakas’ (checkpoints) and to strengthen patrols across the state to maintain the vigilance of agents in their jurisdictions.
He added, “Similarly, SSPs of border areas have been asked to close borders by installing naka between states and not to allow anyone to enter the state without thorough checks and searches.”
Apart from the reinforcement of patrols, Punjab Police personnel, along with the paramilitary forces, are also conducting regular flag marches, especially in vulnerable areas, Shukla said, as part of confidence-building measures. He added that security will be further strengthened.
the Double bombings on Heritage Street In Amritsar, just a few meters apart, they have caused anxiety among the security hierarchy. While the quality of the explosive devices was poor and lacking in sophistication, the messages made through these procedures are analyzed.
Senior police officials revealed that apart from the attempts to shake up the harmony in the state ahead of the Jalandhar bypass route, the blasts could also be a soft reaction to the killing of Khalistan Commando Paramjit Singh Panjwar in Lahore on Saturday.
Nothing can be ruled out at this point. Panjwar was killed on Saturday, the day the first blast occurred. “So this angle cannot be ruled out either,” said a senior officer, who asked not to be named.
Interacting with media workers in Amritsar, DGP Gaurav Yadav assured that the law and order situation in the state was completely under control and they were investigating all leads related to the two blasts.
Police sources reported that since both explosions occurred in the parking complex area, CCTV footage and mobile data store of the surrounding areas are being analyzed for clues. The first explosion on May 6 was incorrectly attributed to a “chimney blast” at a nearby restaurant, and the severity of the incident was downplayed. Amritsar Police Commissioner Nonihal Singh Monday told media outlets that the characteristics of the two blasts are similar. “It was wrongly assumed that there had been an explosion in the chimney. This was a rumor or a misunderstanding among the people because there had been a storm that night and it was thought that the pressure might have fallen and the windows were blown out.”
Meanwhile, amidst an ongoing special crackdown after the implementation of the Code of Conduct on March 29, Jalandhar Rural Police has successfully arrested 44 recognized criminals.
Police have also launched a statewide campaign aimed at reducing the sale of illegal alcoholic beverages and vigilance against liquor manufacturers. As many as 306 police teams raided 813 buildings housing 775 people, who were found involved in three cases under the excise law in the last two years.
Police teams also recovered 1,470 kg of Lahan (raw material used in the manufacture of liquor), 50 liters of illegal liquor, 403 bottles of illegal liquor and 70 grams of heroin after recording 22 First Information Reports (FIRs) across the country. across the state.
Meanwhile, the high-stakes Jalandhar People’s Campaign came to an end on Monday evening. Voting will take place from eight in the morning until six in the evening on the tenth of next May, while the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
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