Amritsar, July 16
The holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple here, received bomb threat for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, stepping up security and a search operation by deploying Border Security Force’s bomb squad and the state police.
An email to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) warned of blasts using RDX-filled pipes.
According to the email, explosives like RDX would be placed inside pipes to trigger blasts within the Golden Temple complex.
After the message, security agencies were put on high alert and scanned the entire complex. For the past two days police has been deployed in strength for intensive checking and surveillance being carried out.
Hundreds of devotees arrive every day to offer prayers at the Golden Temple. SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami said Darbar Sahib “is a sacred place and has faced attacks in the past, yet always remained in high spirits”.
“Since July 14, repeated bomb threats and emails have been sent to the SGPC. It appears it is just to spread panic among the people who are coming to pay obeisance here.”
Dhami also warned of a possible conspiracy and demanded a probe into the bomb threat calls.