Punjab police on Tuesday refused to rule out the terror angle in the suspected rocket-propelled grenade attack yesterday on its headquarters in Mohali. Senior officer Ravinder Pal Singh was quoted by news agency ANI as saying ‘It can’t be ignored. We are investigating it’. Pal Singh, Superintendent of Police (Mohali HQ), also told reporters forensic examinations were underway.
“It can’t be ignored. We are investigating it. It is a minor blast. The attack happened from outside the building. It has been done with rocket-type fire. No casualty or loss happened. Our senior officers and FSL team are investigating it,” he said.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann has said that anyone trying to disturb the peace will be dealt with strictly. “Punjab Police is investigating the explosion in Mohali. Anybody who tries to spoil the atmosphere in Punjab will not be spared,” he tweeted in Punjabi.
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party ousted the Congress and swept to power in Punjab in February, also tweeted, calling the blast a ‘cowardly act of those who want to disturb the peace of Punjab’.
