This incident comes on the heels of the murder of Munger ASI Santosh Kumar Singh, who was killed on March 14 while trying to pacify a dispute between two parties in Nandlalpur village. Seven people have been identified as accused in Singh's murder, with five already in police custody.
Former Congress MLA Bumber Thakur was shot at by unidentified assailants at his residence in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur, police said on Friday. Two other people, including his bodyguard, were reportedly injured in the attack.
We assume that there is a linkage with the grenade attack at Thakurdwara Temple because the accused belongs to the area where the incident took place," Amritsar Commissioner GPS Bhullar said.
Actor-politician Prakash Raj launched a scathing attack on Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan for his recent comments on the Hindi language.
A grenade was lobbed at Thakurdwara Temple in Khandwala, Amritsar, last night. No injuries were reported. A forensics team and police personnel are on-site conducting investigations.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader TKS Elangovan on Saturday attacked Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan over his "hypocrisy' of Tamil Nadu leaders' statement and said that he doesn't know the politics of Tamil Nadu.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazghagam (AIADMK) national spokesperson Kovai Sathyan said that DMK has taken the NEP issue as an opportunity to play dirty politics.
BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla attacked the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab in condemning the Amritsar temple attack.
BJP National Spokesperson Shahzad Poonawalla has lashed out at the decision of the Karnataka cabinet and stated that the Congress party have broken every level of appeasement.
An unknown person attacked Narsing Rao, the accountant of Bhulaxmi Temple in Hyderabad, with a chemical during a conversation about Anna Prasad. The accountant suffered minor injuries, and the police have launched a search to identify the attacker.
"There were some miscreants who hurled a grenade at a temple after 12 am. There are no injuries or casualties... The situation is under control," Punjab minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal confirmed who assured the public that authorities were taking swift action.