Chandigarh: As per media reports, an explosion occurred in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district late on Tuesday night (March 26) but there was no report of any injury.
The blast was reported in a lane adjacent to a religious place in the vicinity of the district hospital in Poonch town at around 11.15 pm, causing panic among the locals, local officials reportedly said.
Visuals show that, due to the blast, a wall was damaged.
The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has expressed concern over the issue. In a statement SGPC president Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami urged the investigative agencies to conduct a thorough and in-depth probe into this incident, to arrest and punish the perpetrators.
“As per the information received from S. Anmol Singh, President of this Gurdwara Sahib, the incident appears to be a conspiracy to disturb communal harmony among Hindu-Muslim-Sikh communities, to spread hatred and discord. Luckily, nobody is hurt”, SGPC’s statement reads.
The SGPC President has asked SGPC’s Sikh Mission in J&K to submit a report and stay in touch with the District Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Poonch. The Sikh body SGPC stands firmly with Sikhs of J&K.