Preacher leading congregation among 3 killed in Amritsar grenade attack

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Press Trust of India Amritsar
Last Updated : Nov 18 2018 | 10:10 PM IST

Main preacher Sukhdev Kumar was among the three persons killed in a grenade attack on a religious congregation here Sunday, an incident which the police are treating as a "terrorist act".

According to police, the grenade was hurled towards the stage where Kumar was holding the congregation.

Although the people who attended the congregation said the preacher may have been the target of the assailants as the
The grenade was lobbed by two turbaned

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First Published: Nov 18 2018 | 10:10 PM IST

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