A man was killed and five seriously injured in a blast inside a court complex in Ludhiana in Punjab this afternoon. Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said that the blast was carried out to disrupt law and order in the city ahead of assembly polls.
The blast reportedly took place at 12:22 pm inside a bathroom on the second floor of the court building. Severely damaging the walls of the bathroom, the explosion ripped through a whole section of the complex and shattered the windows in nearby rooms. The district court was not only crowded and but in session when the explosion took place.
Visuals showed injured people carried out of the building as police tried to seal off the complex. Two of the injured individuals are women and three are men.
Here are the Highlights on the Ludhiana Court Blast in Punjab:
"First cruelty, now a blast. Some people just want to disturb the peace of Punjab. But 3 crore people of Punjab will not allow their plans to succeed. We are going to hold each other's hands in solidarity.
Very sad to hear the news, my condolences to the families of the deceased and I wish a speedy recovery to all the injured," tweeted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Hindi, in response to the Ludhiana bomb blast.
I am going to Ludhiana. Some anti-national elements are doing such acts as Assembly elections are nearing. The government is on alert. Those found guilty will not be spared: Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on explosion at Ludhiana District Court Complex pic.twitter.com/T6trPdLr6b
- ANI (@ANI) December 23, 2021
#LudhianaBlast| "An explosion was heard near the Record Room on the second floor of the Ludhiana Court complex. A bomb disposal team and forensics team have been called from #Chandigarh for a probe. There is no need to panic": Ludhiana Police Commissioner Gurpreet Bhullar
- NDTV (@ndtv) December 23, 2021
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Disturbing news of a blast at Ludhiana court complex. Saddened to know about the demise of 2 individuals, Praying for the recovery of those injured. @PunjabPoliceInd must get to the bottom of this.
- Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) December 23, 2021
#BREAKING | Bomb blast in the bathroom on the second floor of the District and Sessions Court Complex in #Punajb's #Ludhiana.
- NDTV (@ndtv) December 23, 2021
2 dead, several injured.
NDTV's Mohammad Ghazali reports
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