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Bomb scare

By Hantigiri Narzary |

A rumor of bomb created panic in the heart town of Kokrajhar this afternoon. According to police source,a plastic polytin with packet of two Diwali pataka was notice along the Vivekananda path near Bhai Bhai hotel this afternoon around 12.15 pm and peoples become panicked following the incident. Later,police along the bomb squad reached the spot and recovered the polytin and examined and found two Diwali pataka along wires which was kept to create panicked among publics. Police said that it was planted by anti-social element to create panicked in the town.

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