Guwahati: Two separate blasts rocked Assam on Thursday. However, no casualties were reported in both the incidents. While the first blast occurred at a power station in Jorhat in Upper Assam, the second blast was carried out at Sibsagar in Upper Assam.
The first blast at the power station occurred at around 9.30 pm. There were no reports of any casualties in the attack.
In the second blast at Sibsagar, a railway track was targeted by the militants. There were no reports of injuries in this incident as well.
The blasts come a day before the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Assam. It is suspected that the blasts were carried out by the anti-talk faction of ULFA.
Rail services have been disrupted due to the blast with railway officials halting Rajdhani, Kamrup Express and Inter-City trains at various stations.
The incident late on Thursday evening came in the run up to a 12-hour bandh called by ULFA's anti-talk faction across Assam beginning at 5 am on Friday in protest against the Prime Minister's day-long visit to the state.
(With Additional Inputs from PTI)
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