JALANDHAR: Four
low intensity blasts took place inside
Maqsoodan police station a little before 8 PM on Friday. While it could not be clear how did the blasts happen but police officials held that some
explosive substance was thrown inside the police station at different places. A police personnel received a gash. Incidentally Punjab DGP
Suresh Arora was in the city when the blasts took place.
As the blasts took place police personnel rushed out of the police station. Police station was sealed and senior police officials rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.
After inspecting the spot and interacting with the police personnel who were inside, Commissioner of Police
Parveen Sinha said it appeared that explosives, nature of which was not yet clear, were lobbed from outside and low intensity blasts took place inside the police station at different places. He said that only forensic examination would reveal the nature of the explosive used for the blast.
One of the blast took place outside SHO’s office and glasses of the windows were broken. Head Constable Parminderjeet Singh received a gash. He was taken to a nearby hospital from where he was discharged after dressing of his wounds.
Later in the night DGP Suresh Arora also visited the spot. He termed it a mischief and held that only forensic team would confirm that what was used for these low intensity explosions.
Notably, Maqsoodan police station has also busted quite a few drug rackets in the recent past.
