Four explosions rock Assam, no casualty reported
Four powerful explosions - three in Dibrugarh and one in Charaideo districts - rocked Upper Assam on Sunday morning, as the country celebrated its 71st Republic Day.
All four blasts occured in a span of 10 minutes - between 8.15 and 8.25 am, a police officer said.
There has been no report of any casualty, as Republic Day being a holiday, people were mostly indoors, he said.
The first blast was reported outside a shop at Teokghat in Sonari police station area of Charaideo district.
Three explosions followed soon after in Dibrugarh district - two at Graham Bazar and AT Road, beside a gurudwara, and another at the oil town of Duliajan Tiniali, just 100 metres from the local police station, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Padmanabh Barua told PTI.
CCTV footages available at Duliajan Tiniali showed two motorcycle-borne youths lobbed a grenade and sped away, the ASP explained.
The blasts at Graham Bazar and AT Road were carried out with time-induced Improvised ...