By SUNIL Sonkar
NALBARI, India: Two blasts rocked Assam on Sunday killing at least six people and wounded 54 others. 34 of the injured are very serious.
The blast took place near a police station just 5 days ahead of the banned militant outfit’s raising day. It is suspected that the two blasts have been triggered by the ULFA.
Across Assam a high alert has been sounded after the blasts and police patrolling has been intensified in the affected area.
According to the Nalbari police superintendent Jitmol Doley, the bombs were planted in bicycles and the two bombs were placed at a distance of 50 meters from each other. The blast went off in a gap of few minutes.
Pawan Thakur from Bihar, Ganesh Das (local residents), Dipu Das and Keshab Das were killed on the spot and the two others, Mohammad Ali, a village headman and Secunder Ali died while taking to hospital.
