Three militants of United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) were killed in a bomb blast in Mungrai village under Agia police station in lower Assam’s Goalpara district on Friday morning.
Assam Home Commissioner G.D. Tripathi said all the three blast victims were identified to be cadres of insurgent ULFA (Independent). Security forces have rushed to the place.
Police suspect an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) the militants planned to plant went off in the house they had taken shelter, in a village close to the Assam-Meghalaya border.
The blast occurred amidst heightened security measures were beefed up across the state to foil sabotage attempts by militant outfit during the runup to the Independence Day.
