19 hurt as ULFA strikes again

The bomb, suspected to be a programmable time device PTD, was kept on a motorcycle parked near a temple in Fancy Bazar.

Six needed only first aid, while six others were admitted to the MMC Hospital. The condition of three of them is said to be critical.

8220;The militants must have left the motorcycle with the bomb near the temple a few minutes before it exploded,8221; Guwahati City SSP S N Singh said, pointing the finger at the ULFA.

Fancy Bazar, the wholesale business hub of the entire Northeast, is dominated by Marwaris.

This is the second blast in Guwahati and the third in the state in the past four days. On Friday, a blast had occurred in the parking area of the Food Corporation of India godowns at Bamunimaidam in Guwahati, while seven persons were injured in a blast at Tinsukia.

In January this year, the ULFA had killed over 70 Hindi-speaking people in Tinsukia alone.