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2 dead as suspected KLNLF militants trigger blast in train
Diphu, Dec 2 (PTI) At least two persons were Tuesday
killed and 30 others injured when suspected KLNLF militants
triggered a blast in a passenger train at Diphu in Karbi
Anglong district in the eastern Indian state of Assam, a month
after deadly serial explosions rocked the state leaving nearly
80 dead.
The Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF),
enforcing an "indefinite economic blockade" on national
highways and rail tracks in the state, allegedly planted the
bomb in a general compartment of Tinsukia-Lumding passenger
train which exploded around 8 am IST, police said.
Two passengers, including a child, were killed and 30
others injured, they said, adding that the injured have been
rushed to hospitals.
District Superintendent of Police (DSP) A K Sarma told
PTI that the police had beefed up security in the district in
the wake of prior information about the militants' plan to
explode bombs in Diphu town, headquarters of Karbi Anglong
district, besides Bokajan and Howraghat towns near here.
Due to intensified vigil, the militants failed to
plant explosive devices in Diphu town and, instead detonated a
bomb with a timer device inside the train as it was
approaching Diphu railway station, he said.
The KLNLF has called the economic blockade of railway
tracks and National Highways 37 and 39 in the district
demanding responses from political parties to their 10-point
demands, which include among others, exclusion of Karbi
Anglong land from 'Dimaraji' as demanded by another militant
outfit, Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), in neighbouring N C Hills.
Sarma said police has also recovered two bombs also
suspected to have been planted by KLNLF militants at the
Dokmoka area of the town.
The bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the
bombs which were found near the District Mandal Congress
office and another at a railway passenger waiting room at
Dokmoka, police said.
Security across the state has been tightened following
today's blast which comes after the deadly serial explosions
in the state on October 30.
A spokesman of the North East Frontier Railway (NEFR)
said train movement in the area has not been affected by the
blast.
Train services, which were disrupted for a few hours
after the explosion, resumed at 10.25 am IST, the spokesman
said. PTI
killed and 30 others injured when suspected KLNLF militants
triggered a blast in a passenger train at Diphu in Karbi
Anglong district in the eastern Indian state of Assam, a month
after deadly serial explosions rocked the state leaving nearly
80 dead.
The Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF),
enforcing an "indefinite economic blockade" on national
highways and rail tracks in the state, allegedly planted the
bomb in a general compartment of Tinsukia-Lumding passenger
train which exploded around 8 am IST, police said.
Two passengers, including a child, were killed and 30
others injured, they said, adding that the injured have been
rushed to hospitals.
District Superintendent of Police (DSP) A K Sarma told
PTI that the police had beefed up security in the district in
the wake of prior information about the militants' plan to
explode bombs in Diphu town, headquarters of Karbi Anglong
district, besides Bokajan and Howraghat towns near here.
Due to intensified vigil, the militants failed to
plant explosive devices in Diphu town and, instead detonated a
bomb with a timer device inside the train as it was
approaching Diphu railway station, he said.
The KLNLF has called the economic blockade of railway
tracks and National Highways 37 and 39 in the district
demanding responses from political parties to their 10-point
demands, which include among others, exclusion of Karbi
Anglong land from 'Dimaraji' as demanded by another militant
outfit, Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), in neighbouring N C Hills.
Sarma said police has also recovered two bombs also
suspected to have been planted by KLNLF militants at the
Dokmoka area of the town.
The bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the
bombs which were found near the District Mandal Congress
office and another at a railway passenger waiting room at
Dokmoka, police said.
Security across the state has been tightened following
today's blast which comes after the deadly serial explosions
in the state on October 30.
A spokesman of the North East Frontier Railway (NEFR)
said train movement in the area has not been affected by the
blast.
Train services, which were disrupted for a few hours
after the explosion, resumed at 10.25 am IST, the spokesman
said. PTI
