Guwahati, May 04: Security forces today recovered a bomb near the railway tracks at Moirabari in Udalguri district of Assam. Official sources said the explosive was recovered during a search operation conducted on the railway tracks in the area following an input that anti-talks faction of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants could strike after the arrest of their ‘chief’ Ranjan Daimary. The bomb disposal squad has been rushed to defuse the bomb. The entire state had been put on red alert following the arrest of Daimary, apprehending terror attacks by the cadres of his proscribed outfit in retaliation.
—Agencies