ONE KILLED IN ASSAM BLAST NEAR VENUE OF PRANAB RALLY
Guwahati April 1:
One person was killed when a bomb planted by suspected ULFA militants exploded close to the venue of a Congress rally this evening a few minutes before External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee was due to address the meeting.
The bomb exploded near Shankar hotel in Jyoti Kuchi Road in Lalganesh area at around 6 p.M. Killing a labourer on the spot and injuring 16 others. Mukherjee skipped the rally following the blast. He had earlier addressed another rally five km from the blast site. The police said the bomb may have been planted by members of the ULFA's 709 battalion who had recently sneaked into the city to carry out subversive activities ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
An alert has been sounded in the city following the blast particularly in view of the visit of a host of central political leaders for campaigning. Some of the injured were admitted to the Guwahati Medical College hospital. Details of the type of the bomb were awaited and investigations wwere underway.
Guwahati April 1:
One person was killed when a bomb planted by suspected ULFA militants exploded close to the venue of a Congress rally this evening a few minutes before External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukerjee was due to address the meeting.
The bomb exploded near Shankar hotel in Jyoti Kuchi Road in Lalganesh area at around 6 p.M. Killing a labourer on the spot and injuring 16 others. Mukherjee skipped the rally following the blast. He had earlier addressed another rally five km from the blast site. The police said the bomb may have been planted by members of the ULFA's 709 battalion who had recently sneaked into the city to carry out subversive activities ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
An alert has been sounded in the city following the blast particularly in view of the visit of a host of central political leaders for campaigning. Some of the injured were admitted to the Guwahati Medical College hospital. Details of the type of the bomb were awaited and investigations wwere underway.
