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One killed in blast ahead of Sonia's Assam visit
Press Trust of India | 19 Jun 2013 03:53 pm
Tinsukia: A day ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's visit to Assam, one person was killed in a bomb blast by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district on Friday night, police said. The bomb was planted in a roadside at Selabari area.
The deceased has been identified as A Agarwal, a local businessman, police said.
Sonia is coming on a one-day visit to Guwahati on Saturday where she is scheduled to meet the party's state leadership.
The anti-talk faction of ULFA has called a 12-hour Assam bandh on Saturday in protest against the visit.
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