Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday, 21 November addressed the media after one person was arrested in connection with the blast at Nirankari Bhawan in Amritsar and called it a “pure case of terrorism.” The arrested accused has been identified as Bikramjit Singh. The second accused, Avtar Singh, is still on the run.

Singh blamed Pakistan and the ISI for the attack and said it was only conducted to disrupt peace in Punjab.

Unidentified assailants hurled a grenade at a gathering of Nirankari sect followers in Punjab’s Amritsar on Sunday, 18 November that left three people dead and injured 20.