A scooter parked near BSF Chowk in Punjab’s Jalandhar district caught fire on Tuesday evening (May 5, 2026), causing panic in the area, police said, even as locals claimed they heard a blast-like sound from the vehicle.
The incident took place at around 8 p.m. outside the headquarters of the Border Security Force’s Punjab Frontier, which is located along a road that connects the main city with the Amritsar-Delhi highway.
“Nobody was hurt,” said police, who have cordoned off the area.
It is yet to be ascertained how the scooter caught fire, they said, even as Opposition parties launched an attack on the AAP government over an “explosion” in Jalandhar.
“Prima facie, the facts are that an Activa (scooter) parked here (Jalandhar) caught fire. We are still verifying the facts on the ground,” Jalandhar Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur said.
