Blast near Assam CM's residence, minor boy injured

Guwahati: A teenager was injured when a detonator he was carrying home exploded near Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's official residence at Koinadhora in Guwahati on Saturday.

The teenager, identified as Sanjib Das, found the detonator attached to a wire at a stone quarry on the Assam-Meghalaya border and was carrying it home at Uday Nagar when it exploded in the high security area, IGP (Central Western Range) LR Bishnoi told PTI.

The IGP said the teenager suffered minor injuries in the explosion which was a small one and caused no damage. He said that Das was administered first aid at a

hospital and released.

The area around the Chief Minister's official residence was cordoned off and security measures tightened. Das is a school student of class nine, official sources said. Such detonators for use in blasting stones, sources said.