Centre's help sought in bomb blast case: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said his government has sought Centres support to crack the bomb explosion case that rocked the Ludhiana court premisesChanni said he had spoken to Home Minister Amit Shah hours after the explosion and that the Centre has dispensed teams to Punjab to investigate the caseA bomb went off in the district court complex in Ludhiana on Thursday killing one person and injuring six others prompting the Punjab government to declare a high alert in the statePolice suspect that the man killed in the blast on the secondfloor toilet was trying to assemble or plant the explosive deviceThe chief minister denied intelligence failure saying ldquoThere is no such thing We are alertrdquoOn Thursday the chief minister had expressed his apprehension saying the explosion might have been an attempt to create ldquoanarchyrdquo in the pollbound stateLater at a public meeting in Ludhianas Mullanpura Dakha he sought to draw a parallel between the registration of an FIR against Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia the blast and the alleged sacrilege bids in the last few daysOn the desecration row he said the government was mulling over registering a murder case after a man charged with sacrilege attempt at a gurdwara in Ludhiana was lynchedWe did not find any sacrilege attempt or any evidence to back it One person ran the gurdwara This thing has moved to murder and inquiry is onrdquo Channi saidldquoThe FIR already registered in the case will be amendedrdquo he saidAbout 30 injuries mostly sharp cuts likely to have been inflicted by swords were found on the mans body according to the postmortem reportThe lynching took place on Sunday a day after a similar incident occurred at the Golden Temple in Amritsar where a man was killed over an alleged desecration bidA case under Section 295 A acts intended to outrage religious feelings had been registered on the complaint of the gurdwara manager who claimed that he saw the man trying to disrespect the Nishan Sahib religious flagThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever