Rocket launcher-type weapon fired at police station in Punjab's Tarn Taran; DGP, forensics team visit spot

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav and forensic team arrived at the police station in Punjab's Tarn Taran district on Saturday where a rocket launcher-type weapon was fired by unidentified people late night.

Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav visited the site of the low-intensity blast in Tarn Taran,and said that preliminary investigation reveals that a grenade was fired from highway using RPG around 11.22 pm last night. "It hit suvidha centre of Sarhali PS. FIR registered under UAPA and forensic team here. Army squad is here too," he added. 

Punjab | Tarn Taran Police Sanjha Kendra was hit by a low-intensity blast. Prima facie looks like an RPG attack, forensic teams are on the way.

Visuals from Sarhali Police Station. pic.twitter.com/bKilWqdS2C

— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2022

After visiting the site, Punjab DGP said that the blast will be investigated both technically and forensically, all clues from the scene of the crime were being collected so that reconstruction of the incident can be done. He said that authorities are trying to recover the launcher as well.

"Preliminary probe reveals it should be military-grade hardware and could be a matter of trans-border smuggling. Very clear indication that it's a strategy of neighbouring nation to bleed India by a thousand cuts. Punjab Police, with BSF and central agencies, will investigate the incident," he stated.

Tarn Taran | Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav arrives at Sarhali Police Station whose Saanjh Kendra was hit by a low-intensity blast. The forensic team is also here. pic.twitter.com/JBwOoxfaED

— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2022

Earlier in May, a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the Punjab Police's Intelligence headquarters located in Mohali.