Nottingham, UK (KP) – An investigation is being carried out by the Police in relation to a blast that took place at Gurdwara Tegh Bahadar Sahib in Lenton.  The blast took place around 5:20 PM and no injuries were reported by the police.

According to details that have been publicized after the event, the blast took place in a room next to the Gurdwara Sahib kitchen.  According to police reports, the blast does not seem to have been planned.  Further investigations will take place tomorrow and appropriate actions will be taken to ensure safety of the Gurdwara Sahib.

Following the blast Gurdwara Sahib premises have remained inaccessible for the Sangat.  Local streets – Lenton Boulevard and Gregory Street have also been put under surveillance as a safety measure.  Local residents had to be evacuated but later allowed to return after two hours.

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India’s Zee media reports:

Chandigarh, Oct 23: Two Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) activists booked by the police after the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, were sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment by a special court here on Thursday.

Pronouncing the quantum of sentence, Additional District and Sessions Judge R K Sondhi slapped fines of Rs 17,000 and Rs 14000 on Paramjit Singh and Kamaljit Singh respectively. The duo, described in the police chargesheet as “human bombs”, were booked under the Explosives Substances Act and the Arms Act about a decade ago following the assassination of Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995.

According to the prosecution, Paramjit Singh and Kamaljit Singh planned to revive ‘terrorism’ and had been trained by BKI head Jagtar Singh Hawara, the prime accused in the Beant Singh assassination case who was awarded death penalty by the court in August 2007.

(Source : http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=478421&sid=REG)

Expressindia Reports: 

Patiala, October 10 :  The city police have foiled an alleged bid by “human bombs” to attack Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and some other dera members, following the arrest of two persons, including a woman, suspected to be the alleged “human bombs or suicide attackers”.

Police officials said former Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) militant Bakhshish Singh was the mastermind behind this plot, and together he and his accomplices were planning to eliminate the dera chief. Police have arrested Bagicha Singh and Gobind Kaur.

Sources in the police told The Indian Express that an FIR under Sections 419, 420, 465, 471, 153-A, 108 and 120-B has been registered against four persons at police station Samana and more sections would be added in a few days after preliminary investigations are over. “The accused in the FIR are Bagicha Singh, Amarjeet Singh and Gobind Kaur, who procured mobile numbers on the basis of fake identity and were in touch with the fourth accused, Bakhshish Singh, through these connections,” reads the FIR. A senior police official confirmed that Bagicha Singh and Gobind Kaur had visited the dera at Sirsa and had stayed there for a few days, apparently to get inside information on the working of the dera. “Bagicha Singh was the mastermind along with Bakhshish and they were planning to eliminate the dera chief inside his dera and one of these accused could have been used as a suicide bomber,” he added. Investigating officer, SHO (City), Samana, Shaminder Singh confirmed that Qeorah village resident Gobind Kaur was actually used by the conspirators as the main tool that would actually lead them inside the dera in the near future. “We are further interrogating the arrested accused to ascertain their real motive but preliminary investigations have revealed that dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on their hit list,” he told ENS. When contacted, Patiala SSP S.K. Asthana said it would be too early to comment on the entire matter as it is very sensitive. “I would talk to the media tomorrow,” he said.

Bakhshish Singh was earlier a member of Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan and later joined KCF. He was out on bail since 2003 before the attack on the sect head, after which he went underground. DIG Patiala PS Gill confirmed that the arrested accused were planning a suicide attack on the dera chief.