Explosion Hits BJP Office in Chandigarh, Probe Launched

An explosion rocked the area outside the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in Chandigarh's Sector 37 on April 1, causing minor damage but no injuries, as authorities launched a probe into what appeared to be a targeted attack.

The low-intensity blast occurred around 5 p.m., when two individuals arrived on a two-wheeler, dismounted, and hurled a crude improvised explosive device toward the office before fleeing, according to preliminary police findings. A parked scooter sustained damage, along with the windshield of a nearby car and some splinter marks on the building's wall. Witnesses reported hearing the detonation, which prompted immediate panic among those in the vicinity, including party staff who alerted authorities.

Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police Kanwardeep Kaur described the device as a small, rudimentary explosive. "We received information of a sound outside the BJP office around 5 p.m. and reached the scene within 10 minutes," she said. Police cordoned off the area, deployed a bomb detection squad to secure the site, and began scanning CCTV footage from nearby locations to identify the suspects. Teams from the National Investigation Agency and the...