By Mukesh 
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.