By KUNA
New Delhi : At least six people were injured in a powerful explosion at a market in Indias Northeastern state of Assam Wednesday, suspected to have been triggered by outlawed rebel group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
The blast occurred in Assams Tezpur town, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported, quoting a state a police official.
The bomb was placed on a bicycle and four of the six injured were in a critical condition and have been shifted to hospital, the official said.
Assam police held ULFA responsible for the explosion.
ULFA is waging an insurgency since 1979 to create a “sovereign Assam,” carved out of India.
India has said that most of ULFA’s top leadership is based in neighbouring Bangladesh and operates from there.
Leading US think tank Stratfor, in a report last year — India: ULFA Abandons Peace Talks — had said that ULFA was keen to work with groups like Bangladesh-based Harkt ul Jihadi Islami in India’s Northeast and has begun to outsource terror operations.