TURA: Unidentified miscreants triggered a low intensity blast outside a government building in Williamnagar town of East Garo Hills on Monday night. There were no casualties.
According to district police chief, R T G Momin, the explosion occured at around 10:35 in the night in front of a shack behind a government cooperative building where some carpenters we’re sleeping.
“The blast was of low intensity and no one was hurt. The shack which is made of CGI sheets was also not damaged apart from a small dent caused by the explosion,” said Superintendent of Police Momin.
The place of explosion is barely 50 meters from the office of the Superintendent of Police.
Police are yet to establish a motive behind the incident but have intensified patrolling and security in and around the district headquarters.
Following the death of dreaded GNLA chief Sohan Shira and the subsequent surrendered of the group’s rebels, there has been relative calm in the region for the last couple of months.
However, a vast array of hidden arms of the group in the jungles continue to be unearthed by police regularly.
Police do not rule out the hand of certain disgruntled elements from rebel groups behind the incident given that a large number of surrendered cadres now live overground and pose a challenge to police to monitor their movements.