"The bomb was planted near a drain which ran across the boundary all of the Jorhat Government Girls HS & MP School near the busy Barua Chariali traffic point. The classes were on when the bomb was discovered around noon." Sentinel
What? Are they now targetting school girls? ______________________ Our Bureau JORHAT/DIBRUGARH/TINSUKIA/ GUWAHATI CHHAYGAON, Aug 8: With barely a week left for the Independence Day, the proscribed ULFA continued its terror run for the third consecutive day today by triggering multiple blasts at many places in the State. A major catastrophe was averted today when security personnel defused an electronic timer device in the heart Jorhat, minutes before it was set to go off. The bomb was planted near a drain which ran across the boundary all of the Jorhat Government Girls HS & MP School near the busy Barua Chariali traffic point. The classes were on when the bomb was discovered around noon. The police immediately cordoned off the area and called out the bomb disposal squad which neutralized the timber device at around 2.25 pm just a couple of minutes before it was set to explode. One detonator, four cells and half a kilogram of RDX were recovered along with a timber from the spot. Bomb expert GK Kachari, who defused the timber device, said that the incendiary device was powerful enough to rattle a 100-metre radius. The casualty would have been the maximum had the bomb gone off. Meanwhile, the police said that it was the handiwork of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom. In another major offensive late last night, suspected ULFA militants triggered two IED blasts in the Pulibor area of the State's cultural capital, partially damaging two transformers, one in front of Chirotia Gaon and the other at Deka Gaon. Power supply to about 400-500 consumers has been affected as a result of the blasts last night. 21 people have been picked up for interrogation in this connection. In another incident late last night, suspected ULFA militants blew off a 8 inch gas pipeline of the Assam Gas Company passing through Panitola TE, 22 km from the outfits' 'c-in-c' Paresh Baruah's ancestral home in Tinsukia. Consumer gas supply to Domdooma came to a halt as a result of the blast. AGC workers hope to restore the supply by tomorrow. A couple of blasts also rocked Lankashi and Tejigaon (Kakopathar) in the district. The Tejigaon blast took place around 12.30 pm today. No casualties have been reported from anywhere so far. Meanwhile talking to The Sentinel, DGM, OIL, Gyanendra Kumar Talukdar said that workers are trying their best to restore the gas supply to NEEPCO, Kothalgoorie, which was disrupted after a pipeline was blown off near Duliajan yesterday. Sources said that the whole of upper Assam and parts of Arunachal Pradesh would plunge into darkness if the restoration work is not completed by tomorrow. In another attack twin blasts rattled the ASEB control room at Narengi in the city today around 7 pm. Details are awaited. Meanwhile, a massive manhunt has been launched by security forces in the Boko region after the powerful blast at Boko Bazar yesterday in which three persons were killed and 14 others injured. State Home Minister Rokibul Hussain visited the blast site and the family members of the victims this afternoon. Local public organized a rally followed by a silent procession today to protest against insurgency. _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
