An oil pipeline at Makum in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district was on damaged in an explosion for which ULFA claimed responsibility.
The explosion in the pipeline of the IOC-Assam Oil Division (AOD) created a 4-foot crater in Pachim Mamarani area, AOD sources said, adding there was no report of any casualty.
The explosion led to a minor fire.
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The pipeline carries finished refined petrol, diesel and furnace oil to AOD’s terminal at Tinsukia for retail distribution.
Meanwhile, the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), in an email to PTI , claimed responsibility for the blast.
The Paresh Baruah-led faction’s publicity wing member Aranya Asom said magnetic programmable time device was used to blow up the oil pipeline.
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Police, however, said the hand of the proscribed ULFA in the explosion could not be confirmed immediately.