Another Nalbari victim succumbs,toll 8

Mintu Barman,19,who was seriously injured in the twin explosions that took place in the lower Assam town of Nalbari on November 22,died in a private hospital here on Sunday,taking the death toll to eight....

Mintu Barman,19,who was seriously injured in the twin explosions that took place in the lower Assam town of Nalbari on November 22,died in a private hospital here on Sunday,taking the death toll to eight.

Barman,a biscuit vendor in Nalbari town,was seriously injured in the second blast when he tried to rescue some persons injured in the first blast.

On Saturday,another injured Qader Ali had breathed his last at the GMC Hospital here. Ali (50),a shopkeeper,was on his way to meet a doctor with his pregnant wife and 11-year-old son when the explosions took place. His son Aqid Zaman is still undergoing treatment at the hospital.

While the police have attributed the twin explosions in Nalbari to the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA),the militant group denied its involvement in a statement issued the next day of the blasts.The police have rounded up three ULFA militants in connection with the serial blasts.