"We cannot comment on anything. Only the experts can tell the kind of explosives used, but the district, state, & central forensics are on it. Every crowded place is on alert, the public should also be careful," said Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya.
The explosion took place in a washroom on the second floor near Court number 9. The building's second-floor has eight courtrooms, but due to a strike by a group of lawyers, only a few people were there on Thursday. The blast was so powerful that it shattered glass panes in adjoining rooms and damaged the bathroom walls.
According to sources, two people have been killed in the blast and at least four are reported injured.
Talking about the blast, Navjot Singh Sidhu, President Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, said, “The blast in Ludhiana Court leaves no shadow of doubt that a series of peace-disrupting activities have been planned by vested interests to create law & Order problem in Punjab. Condolences to those who lost their lives and sincere prayers for speedy recovery of the injured.”
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After the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that this blast might have been executed by a human bomb. The deceased whose body was found in the Court’s washroom was the prime suspect of the blast.
“The identity of a possible suspect, whose body was found at the explosion site, is being ascertained. 4 persons injured are in stable condition. Bomb disposal squad is at the site. The police is conducting a search at the Court complex. A team of NSG is also coming here,” said Ludhiana CP, Gurpreet Singh Bhullar.