High alert in Assam ahead of I-day celebration, 2 IED's recovered
ADGP (law & order) of Assam Police AP Raout said police has sounded high alert across the state ahead of I-Day celebration.
On Sunday, security forces had recovered two powerful IED’s in Assam’s Nagaon and Sontitpur district.
The CRPF had recovered a powerful IED at Niz Dimow area near Bebejia in Nagaon district on Sunday morning and later diffused it.
“Suspected militant had planted the IED inside of a tiffin box,” a top official of CRPF said.
In a separate incident, security forces recovered an IED from a passenger bus at Biswanath Chariali in Sonitpur district on Sunday.
On Aug 9, the police recovered a bomb from a public place at Amguri in Sivsagar district.
Security has been beefed up across the state and arranging patrolling in suspicious places.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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