Guwahati, December 07: An abandoned suitcase found near Indian Oil Corporation”s (IOC) Guwahati Refinery here led to tension today with people fearing there was a bomb inside, police said. The suitcase was partially hidden under a heap of sand close to the refinery located at Noonmati area.
With police cordoning off the area, bomb experts opened the suitcase but found some clothes inside it. Security is on a high alert throughout the state following the arrest of ULFA ”chairman” Arabinda Rajkhowa and ”deputy commander-in-chief” Raju Barua with Intelligence reports indicating there was a possibility of the banned group striking to prove its strength.
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