An Army jawan was killed and six others were injured in an
IED blast in Goalpara district of lower Assam today.
The blast occurred about one-and-a-half kilometres from the
Naranarayan Setu at Jugigupa at around 10.20 AM when an Army convoy was
passing, sources in the Army said.
A vehicle in the convoy, which was on its way from Kokrajhar
to Agia, was damaged in the explosion.
The injured jawans have been shifted to the Basistha Army
Hospital in Guwahati.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and senior BJP leader L K
Advani are currently visiting Assam to take stock of the situation in lower
Assam following the minorities-Bodos violence which has claimed 56 lives.
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