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PM asks minister to visit Assam train blast site

By IANS,

New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday asked Minister of State for Railways Mukul Roy to visit the site of the blast in Assam that derailed a passenger train and left at least 100 people injured, official sources said.

The explosion took place around 8.30 p.m. Sunday when the Guwahati-Puri Express was nearing Ghograpara in western Assam’s Nalbari district, about 70 km from Assam’s main city of Guwahati.