Punjab Police have arrested five suspects, including a woman, after another low-intensity blast was reported near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday midnight– the third explosion in less than a week.
The blast occurred just behind the Guru Ram Dass Inn. CCTV footage showed that the suspect allegedly threw the bomb from the second floor of Guru Ram Dass inn into ‘galiara’, or the pathway around the Golden Temple.The suspect threw the bomb from the window of a washroom in the Guru Ram Das Inn.
A low-intensity blast took place on a heritage street near the Golden Temple on May 6. The second one occurred in the area in less than 30 hours after the first blast.
Among the suspects arrested included a newly-wed couple from the Guru Ram Das Sarai. One of the suspect had thrown the explosives from bathroom of the sarai towards the Galliara.They were staying in room number 225 of the sarai. The police recovered two bags from them. Some torn papers were also recovered.The third blast occurred at around 12.12am. After hearing the blast the people informed the police. It took around half-and-hour for the police to locate the place.
