Overview
- A powerful explosion on January 1 near the Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh shattered nearby windows and left a roughly two-foot crater, with no casualties reported.
- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the National Investigation Agency is handling the probe, following an earlier site visit by the agency.
- Police registered a case under BNS sections 324(4) and 125 and the Explosive Substances Act, heightened security, and coordinated with Punjab Police and central agencies.
- Babbar Khalsa International and the Punjab Sovereignty Alliance posted claims taking responsibility and citing synthetic drugs as a motive, though police have not verified the authenticity.
- Forensic teams collected samples and CCTV footage is under review, with officials also examining non-terror possibilities involving scrap or stored materials at the site.