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Sunday's grenade attack, treated as a "terrorist act," killed three people and wounded more than 20 in a congregation of the Nirankari sect.
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The incident occurred in the prayer hall of Nirankari Bhavan, in the village of Adliwal, near Rajasansi in Amritsar, police said. A congregation of nirankari followers was standing inside at that time.
The Sant Nirankari mission is a spiritual organization and the Bhavan is located close to the international airport and the Indo-Pakistan border.
The grenade was ransacked by one of the two people whose face was covered. One person pointed a gun at the volunteers who were holding the gate, while the other shot the bomb after which they escaped, police and eyewitnesses said.
DGP Suresh Arora, who, with senior officers, rushed to the scene, said the police treated him as a "terrorist act".
Prime Minister Amarinder Singh condemned the attack and said that the possibility of involvement of Khalistani or Kashmir terrorist groups based in the ISI could not be ruled out.
Police said the grenade was launched on the scene where senior preacher Sukhdev Kumar was holding the congregation. He was among the dead. The other dead were Sandeep Singh, a resident of Rajasansi village, and Kuldeep Singh. Nine women and a six-year-old were among the wounded, they said.
A FIR was registered on the basis of the declaration of Gagan, a volunteer of the Nirnakari sect, who was on duty at the main gate of the premises.
The Inspector General of Police (Amritsar range) SPS Parmar, who went on the spot, said that about 200 worshipers, including women, were inside at moment of the facts.
They had gathered for the congregation each Sunday. No CCTV was installed in the premises, a preliminary probe was found, he said.
SSP (Rural) Parampal Singh said that two masked and armed persons forced their way in by pointing a gun at Arjan and Gagan, who were on duty at the door. "Once they managed to get in, one of them threw a grenade-like object at the congregation and escaped," he said. , adding that a hunt is currently being launched to catch the accused.
After the incident, the Bhavan was sealed by the police and reinforced security with other "Nirankari Bhavans" in the state. While the Punjab was already in a state of alert, vigilance has been strengthened in the state, particularly in the border districts, including Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Ferozepur.
The attack took place while the Punjab was in a strong state of alert after an assertion that "a group of six to seven terrorists from the JeM group was in Punjab" and that they "were planning". to settle in Delhi ".
In addition, security agencies were also on alert after four people ran away with a SUV after threatening his driver at gunpoint near Madhopur in Pathankot district there was some days.
The DGP, which went in the evening to Nirankari Bhavan, said the police treated the incident as a "terrorist act" and denied the existence of a "failure" by the police. intelligence services ".
"We treat it as a terrorist act because it took place against a group, not against an individual … we did not have any specific contribution from a strike against a particular group (like the Nirankaris) there was no problem with this group as such, "Arora told reporters. He added that a team from the National Investigation Agency will also visit the site on Monday.
Earlier, DGP told PTI: "There is no reason to throw a grenade at a group of people, so we will consider it a terrorist act." at first glance, we will take it like that. "
Amarinder Singh, who examined the situation of the order with senior officials, said that a preliminary investigation had revealed that the two men, one with a floating beard, face covered, are forced into the room by brandishing a pistol. They arrested the sewadar, threw the grenade into the prayer room and fled.
A small crater three inches in diameter, formed by the impact of the explosion, was being examined by the police forensic team. The safety valve of the grenade was also found and was under examination, he said in a statement.
Singh urged the people to keep the peace and said that the state would not let the "forces of terror" destroy the hard-won peace. "Nobody will be allowed to try to disturb the peace and the harmony of the state," he warned.
Last month, the Punjab police arrested three Kashmiri students from the Institute of Management, Engineering and Technology of the CT, located in the suburbs of Jalandhar, allegedly associated with Ansar Ghazwat-ul- Hind (AGH). Explosives and weapons were seized from them.
The CM announced compensation of five lakhs each for the deceased's parents and urged the administration to provide the best possible medical care, free of charge, to the injured.
Although the state has been hit by a series of targeted attacks since 2015/16, this is the first long-time attempt to disrupt peace by indiscriminate killings, a- he said, adding that it reinforced the belief that Pakistan was continuing its efforts. harmful activities.
On Friday, Gurdaspur police stuck posters of Zakir Musa, the Jammu-and-Kashmir-based leader of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a terrorist group linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).
The army chief, Bipin Rawat, had recently warned that attempts were under way to revive the insurgency in Punjab and had even warned that the population should be cautious to prevent the success of the multinational forces.
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