Punjab Police on Thursday secured 4-day more remand of the five accused held in case of three explosions that took place near Golden Temple between May 6 and 11.
All the accused were produced in the district court as their previous remand ended. On plea of the police, the court extended the remand.
The accused are Azad Bir Singh (36) of Wadala Kalan village in Baba Bakala, Amrik Singh of Gurdaspur, Saheb Singh of Gate Hakima Angarh, Dharminder and Harjeet, both resident of 88-feet road in Amritsar.
The police teams also recovered 1.1-kg mixture of chlorates and bromides (material used to make crackers) and mobile phones from their possession. The FIR number 49/2023 dated May 11, 2023 was registered under Sections 9B of the Explosive Act, Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, Sections 13, 16, 18 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station E-Division, Amritsar City.