IED recovered behind police post in Amritsar

The Punjab Police found an improvised explosive device (IED) behind a police post in Amritsar district, even as the BJP slammed the “steadily deteriorating security situation” under the AAP Government. 

Acting on specific information, the Rayya police post in charge, Guriqbal Singh, recovered the explosive from behind the chowki on Friday night, an official said. The official said that the area was cordoned off after the recovery, and a bomb disposal squad was called to the spot. Police said the improvised explosive device (IED) was later defused, and an FIR was registered at the Beas police station. An investigation is underway, they added. “Due to the alertness and swift action of Amritsar rural police, an IED-related incident was averted in time.

A thorough investigation is underway,” the police said in a post on X.

Meanwhile, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh slammed the AAP Government and said the conspiracy to blow up a police post in Amritsar using an IED is “a serious reflection of the steadily deteriorating security situation in Punjab”.

He said it is deeply alarming that anti-national elements are emboldened enough to target police establishments in a sensitive border state.