Maur Mandi

Just over a year after a powerful blast in a car in Maur Mandi town left seven persons dead, Punjab Police was said to be close to cracking the case and hinted at a connection with controversial Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

The death toll in the Maur Mandi blast rose to six today with three children succumbing to injuries, even as police suspected the use of IED and sought NSG support in probe into the explosion which has triggered a political blame game just days ahead of Assembly polls, scheduled for February 4.

Two children injured in the explosion in a car at Maur Mandi in the district succumbed to injuries, taking the number of dead to five, even as a forensic team reached the blast site today to probe the incident.

Days before voting in the Punjab assembly elections, at least three persons were killed in a powerful blast in a car close to a rally of a Congress candidate near Bathinda on Tuesday evening, police said.

Just over a year after a powerful blast in a car in Maur Mandi town left seven persons dead, Punjab Police was said to be close to cracking the case and hinted at a connection with controversial Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.

The death toll in the Maur Mandi blast rose to six today with three children succumbing to injuries, even as police suspected the use of IED and sought NSG support in probe into the explosion which has triggered a political blame game just days ahead of Assembly polls, scheduled for February 4.

Two children injured in the explosion in a car at Maur Mandi in the district succumbed to injuries, taking the number of dead to five, even as a forensic team reached the blast site today to probe the incident.

Days before voting in the Punjab assembly elections, at least three persons were killed in a powerful blast in a car close to a rally of a Congress candidate near Bathinda on Tuesday evening, police said.