Guwahati, January 26 : Three serial blasts had rocked Assam on Friday morning while the state celebrating 69th Republic Day.
The incident took place in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district.
No casualties have been reported.
A top police official said that, susupected militants of banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) had engineered the three low intensity blasts.
According to the reports, first explosion was took place near by Jagun police station in the upper Assam district at around 9-10 am.
Suspected ULFA-I militants had planted the bomb in a drain nearby the police station.
After the first explosion, second bomb was exploded at the same place.
On the other hand, third bomb was exploded at Tirap Colliery area near Ledo.
The top police official said that, the third bomb was planted at a culvert and it was a low intensity bomb.
Top police and army officials had rushed to the area.
10 militant groups of the North Eastern region including ULFA-I, Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), Kamatapur Liberation Organization (KLO) and National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songbijit), People’s Democratic Council of Karbilongri (PDCK), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Hynniutrep National liberation Council (HNLC), National Liberation Front Twipra (NLFT) and CorCom of Manipur had called for boycott the Republic Day celebrations and also called shut down in the region on Friday.
Meanwhile, Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi had hoisted the national flag at Khanapara in Guwahati on the occasion of Republic Day.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
