Chandigarh control room gets bomb threat call

Days after a bomb blast in Ludhiana court, the Chandigarh control room received a bomb threat call.

According to the information, a man called Chandigarh Control Room and said that there will be serial bomb blasts in the city.

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Chandigarh Police swung into action and arrested the accused after tracing the number. The accused was identified as Rajiv Kumar Pappu, who is a resident of Chandralok Colony.

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Reportedly, Rajiv had made the call under the influence of alcohol. Meanwhile, the police has registered a case against the accused.

Earlier this week, a man died in an explosion in Ludhiana Court. Two days after the Ludhiana court blast, Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya said on Saturday that the deceased police officer, who was suspended from the service, had carried the explosive material to the court.

Addressing a press conference, DGP Chattopadhyaya said, "The deceased person, former policeman Gagandeep Singh was carrying the explosion. He was dismissed from service in 2019 and spent two years in jail following his arrest in a drug-trafficking case."

One person was killed and two others were injured in the bomb blast at Punjab's Ludhiana District Court Complex on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Punjab DGP also directed the police officials of the state to strengthen vigil around sensitive areas and deploy maximum police force at patrols in the wake of the recent blast in the Ludhiana court complex.

-PTC News