Six Injured In Grenade Blast By Suspected ULFA Militants

New Delhi, July 29, IRNA -- At least six persons including two police personnel were tonight injured in a grenade blast carried out by suspected ULFA militants at the busy Paltan Bazar area near the railway station of Guwahati city, police said. The blast took place at around 19:55 hours IST (Indian Standard Time) near the Paltan Bazar police station, which is next to the railway station, pti reported. Six persons have been injured, two of whom are police home guards, Kamrup (Metro) Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Agnihotri told. The grenade was hurled when police personnel were checking vehicles at GS Road. Of the six injured, the condition of two are stated to be serious, he said. The injured have been admitted to Guwahati’s GMC Hospital. We have to investigate who did this, but the inputs say that the suspect is ULFA, Agnihotri added. ULFA militants normally try to create trouble during the run-up to the Independence Day./end