Army camp in Pathankot district of Punjab has been attacked with a grenade. The grenade was thrown at the Triveni Gate of the camp. Although there was no loss of life and property in the attack, there is a high alert in Pathankot. Everywhere is being searched.
At the same time, an alert has been issued in the entire Punjab. Security has been beefed up in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Gurdaspur and all other cities. Police officers have been deployed at the nakas.
According to the news agency, a procession was going out from the gate of the army camp, at the same time a young man riding a motorcycle passed by. This bike rider is suspected of throwing a grenade. Pathankot SSP Surendra Lamba said that the investigation is going on in the matter, CCTV footage is being scanned. Alert has been issued at all check-posts of Pathankot. Part of the grenade has been recovered after the blast.
SSP Surinder Lamba told on the basis of information received from Satnri that a bike had passed in front of the camp at night. The people aboard threw a grenade towards the gate, which exploded. He informed the authorities. The area was immediately sealed and searched every now and then. The CCTV installed at the gate is also being scrutinized.
The Pathankot district of Punjab is one of the most important bases of the Indian Army. It houses the Indian Air Force station, the Army's ammunition depot and two armoured brigades and armoured units.
There was a terrorist attack on the Air Force airbase in Pathankot on 2 January 2016. It was carried out by armed terrorists who came in the uniform of the Indian Army. 7 soldiers were martyred in this. All the terrorists had come through the Ravi river on the India-Pakistan border. On reaching Indian territory, the terrorists hijacked some vehicles and reached the Pathankot airbase.
Two days back, a tiffin bomb was found from village Sekha of Jira Tehsil of Ferozepur district. The bomb was buried in the ground after being sealed in a tiffin. The bomb was found during the plantation. Even before this, more than half a dozen tiffin bombs and hand grenades have been found in Punjab. Not only this, but the police have also busted three such modules, in which people have agreed to commit terrorist acts for money.
There has also been a blast in Jalalabad of Fazilka district. On 15 September 2021, two young boys were going to plant a bomb on a motorcycle and park it in the vegetable market of Jalalabad, but this bomb exploded on the way in the middle of the market and killed a bot named Balwinder Singh. Apart from Praveen Singh, Manjit Singh and Ranjit Singh, the police have arrested some other people in this case, from whom weapons were also recovered. The CIA police of Jagraon is interrogating them.
