Assam: Bombs planted at 24 locations did not explode due to ‘technical error’, claims ULFA-I

Banned militant group United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent, or ULFA-I, on Thursday claimed that it had planted bombs in at least 24 locations in Assam to “register an armed protest” during the Independence Day celebrations.

The bombs were supposed to explode between 6 am and 12 pm on Thursday, the organisation claimed in a statement. However, they did not explode due to a “technical error”.

ULFA-I said it was releasing the list of places where the explosives had been planted, along with the photos of the locations, to ensure that they did not pose a threat to the public.

The locations included Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Nalbari, Rangiya and Golaghat districts and Guwahati’s Dispur area where the state secretariat is located.

The group sought the removal and diffusion of the explosives based on the location details provided.

It said that the exact location of the bombs planted at three places in the Tinsukia district, including Panitola, one place in Dibrugarh and one place each in Golaghat and Sorupathar could not be confirmed.

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District police superintendents, particularly in areas listed by ULFA-I, had been alerted and instructed to conduct searches, The Times of...

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