CHANDIGARH: Two miscreants on Wednesday evening hurled a low-intensity explosive at a house in Sector 10, believed to be targeted at a retired Punjab Police SP, who once lived in the house as a tenant.
The blast didn’t cause much of a damage or injury but damaged the glasses of a few windows at the residence. The incident occurred around 6 pm.
According to cops, the retired SP had shifted to another house a few months back. The place was now owned by a retired principal, who lived in the house.
At the time of the blast, retired principal K K Malhotra was sitting in the lawn of the house with his wife and saw two persons coming in an auto and throwing an explosive towards the house.
Police suspected the role of gangster Harwinder Singh Rinda, who is believed to be in Pakistan, behind the incident.
Soon after getting information about the blast, UT DGP Surendra Singh Yadav accompanied by IG RK Singh and SSP Kanwardeep Kaur visited the site.
A team of NIA also reached the spot and started a parallel investigation.
After the incident, all the entry and exit points of the city were sealed, and a heavy deployment of police was made in the city.
Meanwhile, the UT police have rounded up an auto driver in the case, and further interrogation is underway.
The two suspects were seen coming in an auto-rickshaw, and after throwing the explosive, both fled the spot in the auto.
The SSP said the police control room received information about the blast at house number 575 in Sector 10. On this information, the police force reached the spot and cordoned off the area. The SSP said the police have been investigating the case from all possible angles, such as a terror attack, act by gangsters, and old rivalry of family members.
Later, the bomb disposal squad, dog squads, and CFSL team reached the spot and collected evidence.
Sources said former SP Jaskirat Singh of Punjab Police lived in the house, and cops suspected that the blast was targeted at him. During his tenure as SP, he had nabbed several gangsters. He had been getting threats from them.
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