Chandigarh grenade blast case solved, claims Punjab DGP

Punjab police on Saturday (April 4, 2026) claimed that State’s intelligence wing in a joint operation with Chandigarh police, has successfully solved the grenade attack case outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, with the arrest of five accused involved in the incident.

The Police said they have recovered one hand grenade and one (point) .30 bore Zigana pistol along with ammunition from their possession.

Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said those arrested have been identified as Balwinder Lal alias Shami of village Majari, Jasvir Singh alias Jassi of village Bharapur and Charanjit Singh alias Channi of village Sujawalpur in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, besides Mandeep alias Abhijot Sharma of village Dhuri in Sangrur district of Punjab and Rubal Chauhan of village Thana in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh.

Mr. Yadav said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the module was backed by Pakistan’s ISI and operated under the directions of foreign-based handlers located in Portugal and Germany. The accused persons were part of a structured network involving multiple cutouts and sub-modules to execute the attack, he said.

The DGP said that two key perpetrators involved in the attack have also been identified. Further investigations are ongoing to establish forward and backward linkages in this case, he added.

A grenade attack was carried out outside the BJP office at Sector 37 in Chandigarh on April 1. A case has been registered under section 25(1)(B) of the Arms act and section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar city in Punjab’s Mohali district.