Goalpara blast toll rises to 3

Guwahati: One of the injured in the powerful bomb blast near BJP office at Dudhnoi in lower Assam’s Goalpara district succumbed to his wounds at a Guwahati Hospital, raising the death toll to three. The man who was shifted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital after suffering wounds in the explosion, died on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Two persons, including All Assam Bengali Yubo Chatra Federation’s Goalpara district President Bapan Saha, were killed and 21 others, including four police men, were injured in the blast triggered by suspected ULFA(I) activists near a temporary BJP election office. The bomb was suspected to have been kept in a bag on the footpath near the BJP office, adjacent to Dudhnoi traffic police point. Meanwhile, ULFA (Independent) has denied its involvement in the blast. (PTI)