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Bomb Explosions in Assam, 2016

Sl. No.

Date

Place/District

Outfit

Killed
Injured
1

January 28

Ram Nagar / Haflong Police Station/ Dima Hasao District

NS

0
3
2
April 4 Dudhnoi / Goalpara District ULFA-I
3
20
3
April 28 Padumoni estate / Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
0
4
April 28 Devi Pukhuri Paanchali / Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
11
5
May 17 Raha Chariali / Nagaon District TLA
0
3
6
August 15 Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
0
7
August 15 Laipuli area / Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
0
8
August 15 Doomdooma area / Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
0
9
August 15 Philobari area/ Tinsukia District ULFA-I
0
0
10
August 15 Charaideo District ULFA-I
0
0
11
November 19 Tinsukia District ULFA
3
4
Total*
6
41
*Data till December 31, 2016

November 19: Three Army jawans were killed and four others injured in an encounter with suspected ULFA terrorists near Digboi in Tinsukia District. "They (the militants) had planted an IED on the road. When the IED exploded, the convoy stopped. Then the militants fired indiscriminately," said Defence PRO Lieutenant Colonel Suneet Newton. The search operation against the suspected ULFA terrorists, who are believed to be responsible for the incident, is on.

August 15: A series of five bomb explosions triggered by suspected ULFA-I militants rocked Charaideo and Tinsukia Districts of Upper Assam on August 15 as the State celebrated the country's Independence Day. Police said that there was no casualty or injury in any of the explosions.

August 15: One blast was reported at an abandoned place beside an interior road at 7.40 a.m. under the Tengapukhari outpost in Charaideo District, SP A.P. Tiwari said. The militants had apparently placed the bomb under the ground.

August 15: The other four explosions were reported from Tinsukia District. An IED went off near Indira Gandhi School in the Laipuli area on the outskirts of Tinsukia town in Tinsukia District at 7.15 a.m. This was followed by another blast in line No. 6 of Badlabhata Tea Estate in the Doomdooma area where the third IED was set off at Masuwa, officials said. The fourth one exploded at Gamtumati in the Philobari area.

April 28: A crude bomb exploded in front of the main gate of a tea manager's bungalow at Padumoni estate in Tinsukia District around 2 am. There was no casualty in the attack. ULFA-I is suspected to be behind it.

April 28: Eleven persons, mostly from the Hindi-speaking community, were injured when a suspected IED exploded in Devi Pukhuri Paanchali of Tinsukia District. The explosion occurred in a garbage bin in front of a shop owned by one Upendra Yadav around 7.40 pm. "Of the injured, three are critical while six had minor injuries. All the injured were rushed to Tinsukia civil hospital," a local resident said. One of them was shifted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh. "All of them are out of danger," DGP Mukesh Sahay said.

May 17: At least three people were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a shop in Nagaon District. The blast took place two days ahead of the counting of votes in Assam. Police said that lesser-known outfit TLA has claimed responsibility for the blast. According to Police, the incident took place at Raha Chariali after two motorcycle-borne men lobbed the explosive at a shop. "Three people who were around the shop received injuries during the incident and they have been shifted to a local hospital immediately," Police said.

April 4: At least three persons were killed and over twenty others injured in a powerful grenade attack at Dudhnoi in Goalpara District of Assam. Sources said two motorcyclists lobbed the grenade near a BJP election office at Dudhnoi Chariali under Dudhnoi Police Station. The deceased have been identified as Ajit Dutta (40), Bapan Saha (35), District President of AABYCF, and Dipankar Saha (23). Dipankar succumbed to his injuries at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital the next day.

January 28 : Three Policemen, identified as Dharmendra Das, Tilak Nath and R K Rajesh Singh, were injured when unidentified assailants hurled a grenade at them during patrol duty in Ram Nagar under Haflong Police Station in Dima Hasao District. Investigations are on and a search has been launched to nab the culprits, the Police officer said..

Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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