At least 5 people have been killed and 30 others injured in serial Blasts that rocked Guwahati, Assam on Thursday. One blast occurred in a crowded market at Birubari, the second blast at Bhootnath area in the city, injuring six people & the third blast occurred at Bhangarh area. The Improvised Explosive Devise were kept in a Guwahati Municipal Corporation dustbin. The dusbin was kept near a TB hospital. Police rushed to the area & investigations were on.

The injured were admitted to the hospital & they were identified as Altaf Ali, Fatema Begum & Raul Ali. The blast occurred at a time when Union Home Minister is on a two-day visit to Assam to review the counter-insurgency situation & the prevailing law-and-order situation at a meeting of the Unified Command on Friday.