ULFA(I) triggers another blast at gas pipeline in Upper Assam
The explosion, which took place at the pipeline of Assam Gas Company Limited at Teokghat, was triggered by the suspected militants at around 7-30 pm on Saturday.
A top police official said that, there was no report of any casualty in the explosion.
The top Assam cops said that, suspected militants triggered the blast by using remote control.
The pipeline supplies gas to the tea gardens, power projects and domestic consumers in the oil rich Upper Assam.
Top police and Assam Gas Company Limited officials rushed to the area and engaged in repairing the pipeline.
Meanwhile, Paresh Baruah led ULFA(I) took responsibility for the blast.
The outfit group also took responsibility for the blast at a oil pipeline at Alimur near Dikom in Dibrugarh district on May 24 night.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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