One suspect in the March 15 blast outside Thakur Temple in Amritsar was killed by Punjab Police in an encounter, while another escaped. A portion of the temple wall was damaged and window panes were shattered in the blast.
Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav on Monday (March 17, 2025) said that based on intelligence inputs, the Amritsar Police tracked down those responsible for the attack.
“Police teams tracked the suspects to Rajasansi. The accused opened fire on the police, in which Head Constable Gurpreet Singh was injured and Inspector Amolak Singh was hit by a bullet on his turban,” DGP Gaurav Yadav posted on social media platform ‘X’.
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“In self-defense, the police retaliated, in which one of the accused was injured. He was rushed to the Civil Hospital, where he succumbed. The other accused fled and efforts are on to arrest him,” Yadav said.
CCTV footage of the incident showed two unidentified men approaching the temple on a motorcycle. After waiting for a few seconds, one of them hurled an explosive towards the temple and both fled from there.
The Punjab Police suspects the involvement of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI in the attack.
Though there were no casualties in the incident, panic prevailed in the Khandwala area of Amritsar.
