Blast in Rajdhani Express in Assam

At least five people were killed and four injured on Thursday in a blast on the super-fast Rajdhani Express bound for Delhi from this Assam city. A shadowy adivasi insurgent group has claimed responsibility for the terror attack.

"Our cadres triggered the blast using a remote system and we shall continue with such attacks in the coming days," Dilip Beg, a top leader of the rag-tag Adivasi National Liberation Army (ANLA), told reporters by telephone from an undisclosed location.

A railway official said the blast took place around 1.05 am at the Rajdhani Express near Chungajan in Golaghat district, about 270 km east of Assam's main city of Guwahati.

"Five people were killed and four others injured with the impact of the explosion hitting a portion of the luggage van of the train," T Rabha, chief spokesperson of the Northeast Frontier Railways, told reporters.

The ANLA leader said his group would not remain quiet until the government conferred Scheduled Tribe status to the adivasis in Assam that would bring in more rights and privileges for the community in the state.

"We have been forced to take up arms by the government and we shall not rest until our community gets special recognition like a scheduled tribe status," Beg said.

The train was not derailed and all other passengers were safe. The train originating from Dibrugarh in eastern Assam has since arrived in Guwahati, on way to New Delhi.
The blast, that rattled sleeping passengers, created panic.

"I presume the bomb was planted in the toilet of the parcel van. People started screaming and crying when the explosion took place," said Rajinder Singh, an army trooper, travelling in the
train

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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