Ultras hit pandals, 4 killed, 20 injured

Four persons were killed and 20 others injured, some of them seriously, in two separate attacks on Durga puja pandals by militants in lower ...

Four persons were killed and 20 others injured, some of them seriously, in two separate attacks on Durga puja pandals by militants in lower Assam’s Bongaigaon district last night, officials said today.

Extremists hurled hand grenades at two puja pandals in Bongaigaon town and nearby Satipur, killing four persons including a woman.

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The three victims in Bongaigaon were identified as Kalyanjit Bisnot (30), Subhash Saha (34) and Bina Das (30), while the victim in Satipur was Ganesh Chandra Barman (26). Ten of the injured have been admitted to a local hospital and four have been shifted to the GMC hospital in Guwahati.

The identity of the extremists had not yet been ascertained as the proscribed ULFA and NDFB do not target religious places. Sources said Islamic ultras supported by agencies from across the border were active in that area.

Special branch IGP Khagen Sarmah said there were intelligence reports about a possible attack by ultras in puja pandals in Bongaigaon district and the administration there had been alerted.