Delhi CRPF school blast probe: Police writes to Telegram to probe Khalistan angle in blast, suspect spotted in CCTV

Delhi Police investigate possible Khalistani link in CRPF school blast, seek details from Telegram, suspect in CCTV footage.

Delhi Police probing a possible Khalistani link in the blast near a CRPF school here on Monday (October 21, 2024) wrote to messaging app Telegram to know the details of a group that claimed responsibility of the explosion, police sources said on Monday.

A strong blast ripped through a wall of the CRPF school in Rohini’s Prashant Vihar area on Sunday morning. No one was hurt in the blast but a signboard, hoardings of nearby shops and window panes of vehicles parked near the spot were damaged in the incident.

In its FIR filed on the incident, a copy of which has been accessed by PTI, police has mentioned a “white powder found scattered” at the site and said the explosion was caused by “unknown explosive substance”.

Meanwhile, police sources also said they have recovered CCTV footage of a suspect from the night before the incident.

A purported Telegram post circulated on social media, which claimed that the blast was carried out in retaliation to the “targeting” of pro-Khalistan separatists allegedly by Indian agents.

The post surfaced on social media late on Sunday evening pointing to the possible involvement of pro-Khalistani separatists behind the blast.

“The police has written to Telegram to the know details of the creator of the group - Justice League Indian - in which the CCTV of the blast was shared with a Khalistan Zindabad watermark on it,” a police source said.