Blasts, hoax bombs keep state on tenterhooks

Meanwhile, in Guwahati, reports that bombs had been found in two localities 8212; including near the Lokapriya Badroloi International airport 8212; created panic in the state capital.

However, the bomb near the airport turned out to be an empty cardboard box and the one in Gopinathnagar area was a tiffin box that belonged to a daily wage labourer.

In Guwahati, the local administration has banned vendors and hawkers from squatting on roadside pavements and all the municipality markets have been asked to shut down by 5:30 pm.

The Kamrup Metro district administration, on Tuesday, had ordered that shops in certain localities be shut down by 6 pm.

Meanwhile, the Asam Sahitya Sabha 8212; Assam8217;s highest literary body 8212; today took out a peace procession in the state capital, in which large number of citizens and students displayed placards and festoons, demanding peace. Several leaders of the All Assam Students8217; Union AASU also took part in it.