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Security intensified after Guwahati blast
By RxPG News Service,
Nov 24, 2006 - 6:08:17 PM
Guwahati, Nov 24 - Roadblocks were put up and security forces went on alert as a massive security blanket was thrown around this Assam city Friday, a day after a powerful bomb explosion at the railway station killed three people and wounded 10.
'Police and paramilitary troopers have been deployed in strength with roadblocks set up in various entry and exit points to the city, besides conducting a combing operation in some areas,' a senior police official said.
Security has been intensified at the railway station. Armed guards began frisking people with metal detectors and also manually checked bags.
'There are reports about ULFA and other jehadi elements trying to attack vital installations,' an intelligence official said.
Condemning the blast, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told IANS: 'This is nothing but an act of desperation and cowardice. Innocent civilians are being killed in such attacks.'
The explosion at the railway station Thursday night killed three of a family, including a child. Police suspect the use of lethal RDX plastic explosives.
Earlier this month, there were two explosions in the heart of Guwahati killing 16 people and wounding 60. ULFA is blamed for a wave of bombings in the past two months in which 20 people have been killed and 106 injured.
The recurring blasts have triggered panic in the state.
'Why is ULFA targeting innocent civilians? Such random bombings do create panic and we are scared no doubt,' said Ramani Das, a textile merchant in Guwahati.
ULFA stepped up attacks after New Delhi Sep 24 called off a six-week ceasefire and resumed military operations after the rebels killed a tea planter and carried out extortions.
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