Punjab Police have arrested two persons a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation into the petrol bomb attack on a homoeopathic clinic on Mela Ram Road, opposite the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Bathinda.
Bathinda Police on Thursday claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of two accused, while a third remains absconding.
A senior police officer told reporters, “Three persons were involved in the attack, two of whom have been apprehended, while one remains at large. Efforts to nab him are underway.”
An NIA team, consisting of a DSP-rank officer and two inspectors, visited the clinic on Wednesday and sought details from its owner, Dr Tarsem Garg.
Garg is the chief warden of the Civil Defence Corps in Bathinda and a former AAP leader who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
His wife, Dr Rajni Jindal, who contested the recently held Municipal Council elections as a BJP candidate, claimed to have received a WhatsApp call from a foreign number nearly two hours after the blast.
The caller reportedly identified himself as Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti. “The caller had even sent two messages later with his name and ‘Hi’,” she said.
The incident took place on Monday night when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was in the city, less than a kilometre from the site.
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