Click to play videoNew Delhi: At least 61 people have been killed and 300 others injured in 11 bomb blasts which rocked Guwahati and some other cities of Assam on Thursday morning.
In Guwahati the blasts took place on Dispur Road, Pan Bazaar, Ganeshguri and Fancy Bazaar.
More bombs exploded in Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Bongaigoan districts. The bomb at Ganeshguri was planted in a car and took place about 100 meters from Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official residence.
In Guwahati the death toll stood at 31 while 109 people were injured while in Kokrajhar 19 people have been killed and 60 injured. In Barpeta 11 people have been killed and 40 others have been injured, while in Bongaigaon, 10 people have been injured in the blasts.
All the blasts took place almost simultaneously at about 1130 hrs IST at crowded marketplaces.
Intelligence sources have told CNN-IBN that the 'Bravo Company' of the 28th battalion of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) could be behind the blasts. Two companies of the 28th battalion of ULFA - Alfa and Charlie - have already signed a ceasefire agreement with the government of Assam. ULFA therefore finds itself decimated completely.
However, other officials suspect All Tripura Tiger Force, who trained along with the ULFA.
Police personnel pull a damaged vehicle near a blast site.
These two groups are the only ones which have the capability of organising such coordinated blasts.
Gogoi has called for an emergency meeting in Guwahati.
In June this year, a powerful blast injured at least 10 people, two of them critically, in the eastern Assam town of Naogaon. The blast had taken place near a railway station in Naogaon, 130 km from Guwahati.
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| A seriously wounded man is removed from near a blast site |
The police had then blamed the outlawed ULFA for the blast.
In March this year, one person was killed and over 20 injured, including policemen, in a powerful bomb blast in upper Assam's Dhemaji district. The ULFA was blamed again.
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| Police cover the dead bodies near a blast site |
Official sources said the bomb exploded in an open field where a local festival Ali-Aie-Lrigang was being celebrated near the telephone exchange at Jonai.
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