Terrorists attacked the house of former BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia in Jalandhar late at night with a grenade. The incident was carried out by people who came on an e-rickshaw around 1.30 am. Kalia was sleeping at home during the incident. During this time, people were terrified due to the blast and they informed Kalia about the incident. After which he saw that the house had suffered a lot of damage.
Manoranjan Kalia said that when there was an explosion in the verandah of his house at 1.30 am late night, he thought that the explosion might have happened due to overloading of the transformer, but when people told him that there was a grenade attack, he saw that the door of the house was broken due to the explosion and the car was damaged. Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur, SP-2 Sukhwinder Singh, along with many police officers and BJP leaders reached the spot. Forensic team has been called on the spot. No one has taken responsibility for the incident so far.
Kalia said that after the incident, he sent the gunman to the police station. The incident took place just 150 meters away from the police station. Kalia said that earlier a PCR team was deployed near his house, but now it has been removed. The incident has been captured in CCTV cameras. The attackers came on an e-rickshaw. The CCTV footage has been seized by the police.
CCTV footage found
Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur said that she received information about the explosion at around 1 am late night. After which other officers along with the forensic team reached the spot and sealed the surrounding area. The forensic team has taken samples from the incident, but the police commissioner has not confirmed the grenade attack. An FIR has been registered after seizing the CCTV footage.
BJP leader arrived
BJP district head Sushil Sharma said that the grenade attack on Kalia's house was done by people riding an e-rickshaw. The incident broke the glass panes of the windows and the door and his car was damaged. This is not the first time a grenade attack has happened in Punjab, before this a case has come to light in Amritsar, but now the grenade attack on the house of a senior BJP leader is unfortunate.
On the other hand, Sheetal Angural said that the grenade attack on the former minister's house is condemnable. BJP leaders are never afraid of such incidents. In Jalandhar city, a grenade attack incident has come to light once again after a few days. Punjab has already got over these incidents, but now a conspiracy is being hatched to spoil the atmosphere of Punjab again.