Hours after Jalandhar incident, another blast near Army cantonment in Amritsar

Hours after a blast outside the BSF headquarters in Jalandhar, another explosion has rocked Amritsar.

The incident occurred near the boundary wall of the Army cantonment area on Khasa road. The low-intensity blast damaged a tin sheet mounted on the wall to obstruction the view.

The exact nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.

Amritsar Rural SSP Sohail Qasim Mir confirmed about the low-intensity explosion sound near the cantonment area.

“At around 11.15 pm, we received information about a loud sound on Khasa road, following which police teams immediately rushed to the spot. We observed a tin sheet mounted on the boundary wall had been damaged and had fallen,” he said.

He added that it appeared someone may have thrown something at the wall, leading the loud sound. However, no major loss was reported.

Quick response teams, forensic experts, and the bomb disposal squad also reached the spot. A joint search operation with the Army and BSF was under way