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Punjab Police Close In on Suspects Behind Bomb Threats to Golden Temple and Amritsar Airport

With security bolstered at Sikh pilgrimage and transport sites, state investigators are closing in on those behind the coordinated bomb threats.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann paying obeisance at the Golden Temple on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Amritsar Airport received a bomb threat from unknown callers, triggering heightened security and a police investigation. (PTI Photo)
Punjab chief minister visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Tuesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)

Overview

  • Punjab Police have traced IP addresses used in the bomb-threat emails to a primary suspect who has been detained in Faridabad.
  • A separate bomb threat call to Amritsar Airport on July 21 prompted police to register a case and track the caller’s phone number.
  • Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann reviewed security upgrades at the Golden Temple, deploying plainclothes officers inside and outside the shrine.
  • Forensic teams are analyzing seized devices to identify additional individuals involved in the coordinated threat campaign.
  • Mann has urged the public to remain calm and vowed that those responsible will face the severest possible punishment once apprehended.