Rohini Court Blast: Delhi Police Still Looking For Perpetrators, Possible Terror Connection Suspected

The explosion on Thursday wounded Naib Court head constable Rajeev, causing alarm among attorneys and the general public and raising doubts about security preparations.

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New Delhi: After a low-intensity explosion occurred inside Rohini district court, Delhi Police are still looking for the perpetrators despite security officers examining CCTV cameras on the court premises and investigating the matter from all sides.

The police are also looking into a possible terror connection.

The explosion on Thursday wounded Naib Court head constable Rajeev, causing alarm among attorneys and the general public and raising doubts about security preparations.

According to authorities, the explosion occurred in courtroom 102, which belonged to Metropolitan Magistrate Prituraj.

Bomb Was Planted Inside Tiffin Box

The material seized from the scene seems to be ammonium nitrate, according to sources, although it has been turned over to the National Security Guard (NSG), which will investigate further.

The bomb looks to have been put in a tiffin inside a laptop bag, at least on the surface. Electric lines and battery pieces were also discovered from the site. The police speculated that the explosion was caused by a battery.

Shrapnel was also believed to be present in the bomb, according to sources. However, it appears that it was not correctly constructed, since just the detonator exploded.

Police Looking Into CCTV Cameras

Meanwhile, police examined CCTV video from three access gates for two hours, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and discovered that around 250 automobiles entered the court on the day of the incident. The proprietors will be interrogated.

According to the police, they are inspecting all of the court's CCTV cameras.

As per court officials, the Rohini courthouse has roughly 75 cameras. However, no cameras are installed in the corridor or within room 102, where the incident occurred. The cameras are located at the main gates, the courtroom, and the police station.

Before Metropolitan Magistrate Prituraj is a case involving the alleged illicit warehousing and distribution of COVID-19 medicines by the Gautam Gambhir Foundation and two AAP leaders. He had postponed the case's hearing until February 7, 2022.

(With inputs from PTI)