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IEDs damage power transmission towers

JORHAT (ASSAM), AUG. 8. United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) militants today exploded six powerful improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in two transmission towers of the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) in the constituency of the Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, in Titabor of Jorhat district.

The militants had planted four IEDs under the 400 kV posts of the PGCIL tower transmitting power from Kathalguri to Missa in Nagaon district. Three of them exploded damaging the tower, the Jorhat Superintendent of Police, Surendra Kumar, told PTI.

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