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Bomb explosion near Dispur kills one

Sushanta Talukdar

— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR

WHEN TERROR STRUCK: Security personnel searching for clues at the bomb blast site in Dispur, Assam, on Wednesday.

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Guwahati: One person was killed and 17 were injured in a bomb blast suspected to have been triggered by the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the busy Ganeshguri area near Dispur on Wednesday. The blast occurred around 6.30 p.m. about 100 meters from the Dispur police station.

Injured admitted to hospital

The condition of three of the injured is stated to be critical and they have been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital. A CRPF patrol party, stationed nearby, escaped unharmed.

Additional Superintendent of Police Rajen Singh told The Hindu that the explosion was suspected to have been triggered by a timer device concealed in a vegetable sack.

Another blast

Another blast occurred at Solmari in lower Assam's Goalpara district earlier in the day immediately after an Army vehicle crossed the area, police sources said.

There was no report of any casualty.

The blasts occurred amid intensified counter-insurgency operations by the Army in upper Assam. Sources said a new brigade headquarters was shifted to Dibrugarh. The Mountain Brigade headed by Brig. I.P.S. Gill was shifted from Rupa in Bomdila district of Arunachal Pradesh. It will concentrate on Dibrugarh district while another brigade headquarters based at Laipuli in Tinsukia district will mainly carry out counter-insurgency operations in the district.

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