Guwahati: One person was killed and 15 others, including three policemen, injured in a blast triggered by suspected militants at Dudhnoi Tiniali in Goalpara district of western Assam on Monday evening.
Assam Police’s ,ADGP SN Singh said the blast occurred around 7.30pm in the heart of Dudhnoi town in which one person was killed (PTI put the death toll at 2).
Three policemen were among the 15 injured in the blast. The injured were rushed to the nearby hospital.
The police official ruled out the blast having any link with the Assembly election process in the state and termed it a handiwork of militants.
Dudhnoi is going to the polls in second and final phase along with rest of western and central Assam on April 11 next.