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May 27, 2025 5:24 PM - Connect Newsroom

Blast on Amritsar Majitha road, man who came to collect explosives dies

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Former Akali MLA Bikram Singh Majithia said that the police had initially tried to hide the incident of the bomb blast and the police's role was exposed after the matter came to light in the media.

A bomb blast took place near the village of Nashehra on Amritsar-Majitha Bypass Road in Punjab this morning, killing one person. The incident took place in a deserted and empty place near the road.

Some of the body parts of the person were severed from the body due to the blast. According to DIG of Border Range Satinder Singh, some evidence has been found in the pocket of the deceased, which makes it clear that he was working for a terrorist organization and had come to collect the explosive consignment kept at the scene of the incident.

Former Akali MLA Bikram Singh Majithia said that the police had initially tried to hide the incident of the bomb blast and the police's role was exposed after the matter came to light in the media.

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