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“Two persons were arrested for allegedly hurling petrol bombs astatine the RSS office successful Jharkhand's Ranchi,” constabulary said connected Thursday (June 18, 2026).
“The 2 accused were apprehended from Lohardaga territory precocious connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026), and a car utilized by them was seized,” an serviceman said.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) had alleged that petrol bombs were hurled astatine its bureau successful the Nivaranpur country aboriginal connected Wednesday, prompting the constabulary to represent a peculiar probe squad to probe the matter.
"Two persons were arrested successful transportation with the case. They are being interrogated," Ranchi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rakesh Ranjan told PTI. During the investigation, the constabulary had recovered shards of solid bottles from the spot.
“A forensic squad visited the spot to ascertain the contents of the bottles,” according to the police. The weaponry detection and disposal squad besides visited the RSS office. “The contents of the bottles are suspected to beryllium petrol,” different serviceman said, adding that "no explosive point specified arsenic an IED oregon weaponry was found".
