One person was killed and three others were injured after cadre of the anti-talk faction of Ulfa triggered a blast in Assam’s Goalpara district on Wednesday morning.
Police said that the militants planted a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a bicycle outside a tea stall at around 8 am in Krishnai area of the district. They further said that four persons were injured during the incident. One of the injured later breathed his last at the hospital.
The place of occurrence is located to the Krishnai Police Station in the district, police said. Owner of the tea stall Mujibur Rahman, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, Police said.
“The militants wanted to target the police and security forces. We have been carrying out series of anti-insurgency operations in and around the district for the past several days. The anti-talk faction of the Ulfa had been trying to disrupt the peace ahead of the Independence Day and Wednesday’s blast is a part of their evil design,” said Goalpara superintendent of Police Nitul Gogoi. The SP said that the conditions of the three injured was stated to be out of danger.